‘Your aspirations, my responsibilities’: Rahul Gandhi remembers father Rajiv Gandhi on his death anniversary

Rahul wrote on X, “Father, your dreams, my dreams. Your aspirations, my responsibilities. Your memories, today and always, in my heart.”

The day is observed annually as National Anti-Terrorism Day to honour the legacy of the country’s sixth PM who lost his life on May 21, 1991, in Sriperumbudur, near Chennai, due to an assassination carried out by a suicide bomber from the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam).

पापा,

आपके सपने, मेरे सपने,
आपकी आकांक्षाएं, मेरी ज़िम्मेदारियां।

आपकी यादें, आज और हमेशा, दिल में सदा। pic.twitter.com/lT8M7sk7dS

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) May 21, 2024

Prime Minister Narendra Modi posted on X, “On his death anniversary, my tributes to our former PM Shri Rajiv Gandhi Ji.”

Rahul Gandhi at a gathering with father Rajiv Gandhi.

Other Congress leaders including party president Mallikarjun Kharge, senior leaders Sonia Gandhi, P Chidambaram and Sachin Pilot along with Rahul paid tributes to the former prime minister at Vir Bhumi in Delhi.

Kharge wrote on X, “Heartfelt tribute to the visionary of the 21st century modern India, father of Indian information revolution, architect of Panchayati Raj empowerment, and pioneer of peace and harmony, former Prime Minister, Bharat Ratna Rajiv Gandhi ji on martyrdom day. His remarkable contribution in making India a strong and powerful nation will always be remembered.”

21वीं सदी के आधुनिक भारत के स्वप्नदृष्टा, भारतीय सूचना क्रांति के जनक, पंचायतीराज सशक्तिकरण के सूत्रधार, एवं शांति व सद्भाव के पुरोधा, पूर्व प्रधानमंत्री, भारत रत्न राजीव गाँधी जी के बलिदान दिवस पर उन्हें भावभीनी श्रद्धांजलि।

भारत को एक सुदृढ़ एवं सशक्त राष्ट्र बनाने में उनके… pic.twitter.com/O8ZMfWZSA8

— Mallikarjun Kharge (@kharge) May 21, 2024