Picture : ANI / X
Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi said his grandmother Indira Gandhi was a source of strength for him and asserted that he will always protect the India for which she “sacrificed everything”.
Indira Gandhi, India’s first and only woman prime minister till date, was assassinated by her bodyguards on this day in 1984.
In a heartfelt post in Hindi on Indira Gandhi’s death anniversary, Rahul Gandhi said, “My strength, my grandmother.” “I will always protect the India for which you sacrificed everything. Your memories are always with me, in my heart,” Rahul Gandhi said on X.
मेरी शक्ति, मेरी दादी!
जिस भारत के लिए आपने अपना सर्वस्व बलिदान कर दिया, उसकी हमेशा रक्षा करूंगा। आपकी यादें हमेशा साथ हैं, दिल में। pic.twitter.com/SmpmqM13bo
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) October 31, 2023
Other senior Congress leader also took to X to pay their tribute to Indira Gandhi
Congress president , Mapanna Mallikarjun Kharge
“Courage is the very foundation of other virtues”
~ Smt. Indira Gandhi
Today, we solemnly remember and pay our humble tribute to Indira Gandhi ji, whose exemplary leadership and dedicated service towards the empowerment of the marginalised is a source of eternal inspiration… pic.twitter.com/nL84LeRJ7E
— Mallikarjun Kharge (@kharge) October 31, 2023
Shashi Tharoor, Senior Congress Leader
Remembering Smt #IndiraGandhi on her martyrdom day. I first met her as a student leader in 1975 when the PM convened a discussion at her home with a dozen of us from Delhi University. Two months later I was able to interview her for a Swiss youth magazine (pic). Paying tribute to… pic.twitter.com/x1HXdBb5CQ
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) October 31, 2023
Jairam Ramesh , Senior Congress leader
Remembering Smt #IndiraGandhi on her martyrdom day. I first met her as a student leader in 1975 when the PM convened a discussion at her home with a dozen of us from Delhi University. Two months later I was able to interview her for a Swiss youth magazine (pic). Paying tribute to… pic.twitter.com/x1HXdBb5CQ
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) October 31, 2023
Sachin Pilot , Congress Leader
भारत की प्रथम महिला प्रधानमंत्री स्व. श्रीमती इंदिरा गांधी जी की पुण्यतिथि पर मैं उन्हें विनम्र श्रद्धांजलि अर्पित करता हूँ।
उच्चतम कार्यशैली एवं दृढ़ इच्छाशक्ति से एक सशक्त एवं समृद्ध राष्ट्र के निर्माण के लिए स्व. इंदिरा जी द्वारा लिए गए निर्णय अद्वितीय हैं, उनका संपूर्ण जीवन… pic.twitter.com/DvZl6eOoWw
— Sachin Pilot (@SachinPilot) October 31, 2023
Sharad Pawar, NCP Chief
राजनैतिक कौशल्य आणि धाडसी निर्णयक्षमतेमुळे भारताच्या दूरगामी विकासात्मक वाटचालीत स्व. इंदिरा गांधी यांनी अमूल्य योगदान दिले. ‘गरीबी हटाओ’चा नारा देत सर्व घटकांच्या प्रगतीसाठी नवनवीन योजना त्यांनी राबवल्या. देशासाठी पुरोगामी आणि लोककल्याणकारी निर्णयांची अंमलबजावणी करणाऱ्या माजी… pic.twitter.com/e5Yfa4vwuy
— Sharad Pawar (@PawarSpeaks) October 31, 2023
