Nation remembers Rajiv Gandhi on death anniversary

Sonia, Rahul, Priyanka laid flowers and wreaths at Rajiv Gandhi memorial 'Vir Bhumi'

Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was remembered on his 25th death anniversary, with several leaders paying homage at his memorial on Saturday.

President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice President Hamid Ansari, the late leader's wife and Congress President Sonia Gandhi accompanied by son and party Vice President Rahul Gandhi, daughter Priyanka Gandhi and son-in-law Robert Vadra paid tributes to the late leader at his memorial, Veer Bhumi.

Rahul Gandhi, his son and vice president of Congress, posted on his Twitter account: "Remembering Rajivji on the 25th anniversary of his martyrdom."
 

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Senior party leaders including former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Ahmed Patel, Sushil Kumar Shinde, PC Chacko, Sheila Dikshit and DPCC President Ajay Maken, among others, also paid tributes to the former PM.

Rajiv Gandhi, who was the sixth Prime Minister of India, was assassinated on May 21, 1991 at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu during a poll campaign in a suicide bomb attack by Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

 

He served as prime minister of India from October 31, 1984 to December 2, 1989.