PM Modi, Sonia pay tributes to Nehru's birth anniversary
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Ram Nath Kovind, and senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi today paid tributes to India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on his 129th birth anniversary. Nehru was born to Motilal Nehru and Swaroop Rani on November 14, 1889, in Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh and his birthday is celebrated as Children's Day. He remained in office until his death in 1964.
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Pranab Mukherjee, Hamid Ansari paid tributes at Nehru's memorial
Former President Pranab Mukherjee, former Vice President Hamid Ansari, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, and Gandhi paid their respects to Nehru at Shantivan (New Delhi). Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan led parliamentarians in paying tributes to Nehru at the Central Hall of Parliament. Tricolor balloons were released amid playing of bands and singing of patriotic songs by school children at Nehru's memorial Shantivan.
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Several other leaders too joined Mahajan in paying their homage
Besides Sumitra Mahajan, senior political leaders L K Advani, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge, Minister of state for parliamentary affairs Vijay Goel, former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda were among the others who paid homage to Nehru.
