Gandhi Jayanti : PM Modi pays homage, political leaders visit Rajghat

Gandhi Jayanti : PM Modi pays homage, political leaders visit Rajghat

Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi on his birth anniversary, here on Tuesday. PM Modi will attend several programmes related to sanitation and renewable energy.

“Events related to sanitation and renewable energy shall be the focus of the Prime Minister’s engagements on Gandhi Jayanti,” said a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office.

Modi offered floral tributes to Gandhi at Rajghat in the morning, and will later visit Vijay Ghat to pay tributes to former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, whose birth anniversary also falls on October 2.

UPA chairperson and Congress leader Sonia Gandhi also offered flowers in tribute to mark the 149th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

The day will mark the launch of the 150th anniversary celebrations of Gandhi.

-PTC News