Remembering former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 78th birth anniversary, the Congress on Saturday said that his single term as PM will be remembered for far-reaching achievements, including laying the foundation of the telecom and Information Technology revolutions, ushering peace, and empowering youth to transform India.
Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra visited their father’s memorial, Veer Bhumi, to offer their homage. But their mother and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, who had recently contracted COVID-19 a second time, was not present.
In Parliament, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, Rajya Sabha members K.C. Venugopal, Ranjeet Ranjan and Rajeev Shukla, were among those who paid their respects by offering flowers to the portrait of the late Prime Minister in the Central Hall.
