Rajiv Gandhi was sworn in because the Prime Minister of India on 31 October 1984, turning into the nation’s youngest PM on the age of 40, following the assassination of his mom after which PM Indira Gandhi. Today being his 78th delivery anniversary, leaders from throughout the nation remembered the previous Prime Minister and prolonged their finest needs to the late Congress chief.
Remembering the chief, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted: “Tributes to our former Prime Minister Shri Rajiv Gandhi, on his birth anniversary.”
Tributes to our former Prime Minister Shri Rajiv Gandhi ji on his delivery anniversary.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) 20 August 2022
Rajiv Gandhi served because the seventh PM and held the place until 2 December 1989 – for a interval of 1,858 days.
Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra additionally paid tribute to his father. Posting a video on Twitter, Rahul Gandhi wrote, ‘Papa, you might be with me each second, in my coronary heart. I’ll at all times strive that I can fulfill the dream you may have dreamed for the nation.”
Remembering the legacy of the previous PM, the Congress celebration by its official Twitter account mentioned, “We bear in mind former Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi on his delivery anniversary. Regarded because the ‘architect of twenty first century India’, it was by his imaginative and prescient that ushered within the IT and telecommunications revolution in India.
Papa, you might be at all times with me, in my coronary heart. I’ll at all times strive that I can fulfill the dream you dreamed for the nation. pic.twitter.com/578m1vY2tT
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) 20 August 2022
Rajiv’s parliamentary journey started on 17 August 1981, when he turned a member of the Seventh Lok Sabha by profitable a by-election to the Amethi constituency of Uttar Pradesh, which was vacated by the dying of his youthful brother Sanjay Gandhi in an air crash. Who received this seat within the 1980 basic election.
As an MP, Rajiv actively participated within the proceedings of the Lok Sabha from August 1981 to October 1984.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tweeted: Remembering former PM Shri Rajiv Gandhi ji on his delivery anniversary.
Tributes to former Prime Minister Shri Rajiv Gandhi ji on his delivery anniversary.
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) 20 August 2022
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
