RajivGandhi
Floral tributes paid to former PM Rajiv Gandhi on his 76th birth anniversary
Puducherry/UNI: Floral tributes were paid to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 76th birth anniversary here on Thursday.
Chief Minister V Narayanasamy, Revenue minister M O H F Shajahan, Assembly Speaker V P Sivakolunthu, Congress legislators and others garlanded the statue of Rajiv Gandhi at Ellapillaichavady.
पूर्व प्रधानमंत्री श्री राजीव गांधी जी की जयंती पर श्री @RahulGandhi ने वीर भूमि जाकर श्रद्धासुमन अर्पित किए।#RememberingRajivGandhi pic.twitter.com/eNN5Yc5ZDm
— Congress (@INCIndia) August 20, 2020
PCC president A V Subramanian and party functionaries also garlanded the statue.
Verses from Bhagavad Gita, Quran and Bible were read out at the pedestal of the statue and the Chief Minister administered the Sadbhavana pledge to the gathering.
Earlier, rich tributes were paid to a decorated portrait of Gandhi in front of the PCC office here in which the Chief Minister and other leaders participated.
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