Marking respect, PM Modi, Amit Shah pay tribute to Indira Gandhi

New Delhi, October 31: One must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose! Remembering the Iron lady who served as the fisrt lady Prime Minister to India, PM Modi and MHA Amit Shah today paid homage to Congress leader Indira Gandhi on her death anniversary today.

 

 

"A humble tribute to the former Prime Minister of the country, Indira Gandhi on her death anniversary", Modi said taking to Twitter. Amit Shah also paid tribute to the former prime minister while flagging off 'Run For Unity' marathon on Rashtriya Ekta Diwas at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, New Delhi. "Today, we pay tributes to former PM Indira Gandhi," he said.

Meanwhile, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi who is currently abroad, paid an emotional tribute to Indira Gandhi, his grandmother saying that his Dadi's principles continue to be the guiding force in his life. "Today is the anniversary of my grandmother's martyrdom. Your iron resolve and fearless decisions will guide me at every step", he tweeted in Hindi along with a photo of his grandmother.

 

His mother and Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi also moved to the Indira Gandhi memorial site in New Delhi where former PM Manmohan Singh and other senior leaders including BS Hooda paid homage to the Iron Lady at the Shakti Sthal. Indira Gandhi served as the first and only woman prime minister of India from January 1966 to March 1977 and again from January 1980 until her assassination in October 1984.

 

She was assassinated by her own Sikh bodyguards at her residence in Akbar Road on October 31, 1984. This came after Operation Bluestar was executed at Amritsar's Golden Temple, wherein Indira Gandhi had ordered the Indian Army to confront Sikh separatists who had taken shelter in the holy shrine.