President Droupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other senior leaders paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi on his death anniversary.
PM Modi tweeted, “I pay homage to Pujya Bapu on his Punya Tithi. I also pay homage to all those who have been martyred for our nation. Their sacrifices inspire us to serve the people and fulfil their vision for our nation.”
President Murmu also paid floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat.
Quoting Gandhi, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge said, “On #MartyrsDay, we pay our respects to Bapu — the moral compass of our nation. We must pledge to fight against those who seek to destroy his ideals based on Sambhav and Sarvodaya. Let us do everything to protect the India of ‘unity in diversity’ and ensure justice, equality and fraternity among our people.”
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who is in Bihar as part of the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra conducted a prayer meeting at Araria on Tuesday. “Prayer meeting at the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra campsite in Araria, Bihar early in the morning today to remember Mahatma Gandhi on the date of his assassination 76 years ago. Our battle against the ideologies that resisted and rejected him in his lifetime, and now attempt to appropriate him ever so frequently, continues. Those who glorify Godse should not and will not be allowed to define the idea of India,” Rahul Gandhi tweeted.
