Monday, October 31, 2011: The
country fondly remembered former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her 27th death
anniversary today with President Pratibha Patil leading the nation in paying
rich tributes to the departed leader.
Patil paid floral tributes at Shakti
Sthal, the memorial of Gandhi, here this morning.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Lok
Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi were
also present on the occasion.
Delhi Lt Governor Tejinder Khanna,
Union Ministers Vilasrao Deshmukh, Kamal Nath, K V Thomas, N Narayana Swamy
and Krishna Tirath and senior Congress leaders Motilal Vohra, Manishankar Aiyar were also present.
Devotional songs were played at the
venue as the dignitaries sat at Shakti Sthal after paying tributes to the
late leader. A speech by Indira Gandhi was also played on the occasion.
late leader. A speech by Indira Gandhi was also played on the occasion.
The former prime minister was
assassinated by her bodyguards on October 31, 1984, the same year when she had
launched ‘Operation Blue Star’ to crush secessionist movement inPunjab and sent troops into the Golden Temple of Amritsar.
launched ‘Operation Blue Star’ to crush secessionist movement in
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