Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday paid floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi, Father of Nation, on his 71st Death Anniversary. Apart from them, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharam and Congress President Rahul Gandhi also paid homage to ‘Father of Nation’.
Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu pay tribute to #MahatmaGandhi at Rajghat pic.twitter.com/0kGL7ZC7Lg
— ANI (@ANI) January 30, 2019
Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi pays tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat on his death anniversary. pic.twitter.com/MOCn0DsENn
— ANI (@ANI) January 30, 2019
PM Modi took to social networking site and wrote: ‘Remembering Bapu on his Punya Tithi. We reiterate our commitment to follow the path shown by him and abide by the values he stood for.‘
पूज्य बापू को उनकी पुण्यतिथि पर शत् शत् नमन।
Remembering Bapu on his Punya Tithi. We reiterate our commitment to follow the path shown by him and abide by the values he stood for.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) January 30, 2019
Earlier on Tuesday, he said that he will visit Dandi on ‘Bapu’s Punya Tithi’. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate to the nation the National Salt Satyagraha Memorial at Dandi in Gujarat on Mahatma Gandhi’s death anniversary today. The memorial is a tribute to the 80 marchers who accompanied Mahatma Gandhi from Sabarmati to Dandi in 1930.
Tomorrow, on Bapu’s Punya Tithi, I will be in Dandi, the place from where Bapu challenged the might of colonialism.
In Dandi, the National Salt Satyagraha Memorial will be dedicated to the nation. This is a tribute to Satyagrahis led by Gandhi Ji, who worked for India’s freedom. pic.twitter.com/bJ5YgHZlr5
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) January 29, 2019
President Ram Nath Kovind wrote: ‘On Martyrs’ Day, we gratefully remember Mahatma Gandhi and the countless freedom fighters who sacrificed their all for our Independence #PresidentKovind’.
On Martyrs’ Day, we gratefully remember Mahatma Gandhi and the countless freedom fighters who sacrificed their all for our Independence #PresidentKovind
— President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) January 30, 2019
Congress President Rahul Gandhi also took to Twitter to pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi.
"एक समाज की महानता और प्रगति इस बात से लगायी जा सकती है कि वहां कमजोर और असुरक्षित सदस्यों के साथ कैसा व्यवहार किया जाता है।”
– महात्मा गांधी
बापू को उनकी पुण्यतिथि पर शत्-शत् नमन।#MahatmaGandhi pic.twitter.com/SfNxBASSkJ
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) January 30, 2019