Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra paid floral homage to the former Prime Minister on his 32nd death anniversary...
Digital Desk: On the 32nd anniversary of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's father's death, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi paid an emotional tribute to his late father Rajiv Gandhi.
"Papa, you will always be with me as an inspiration and in my memories!" Rahul Gandhi shared a video of many Rajiv Gandhi incidents on Twitter in Hindi.
Earlier, Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra paid floral homage to the former Prime Minister on his 32nd death anniversary at Vir Bhumi in the national capital.
Congress parliamentary party chairman Sonia Gandhi and party president Mallikarjun Kharge also paid tribute to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his death anniversary.
Speaking about Rajiv Gandhi, following the assassination of his mother, then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi assumed leadership of the Congress in 1984. When he took office in October 1984, at the age of 40, he became India's youngest Prime Minister.
Rajiv Gandhi's reign as India's Prime Minister is counted till December 2, 1989.
Rajiv Gandhi, born on August 20, 1944, was assassinated on May 21, 1991, during an electoral rally in Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, by a suicide bomber from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
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