In Photos: Congress leaders pay tributes to Rajiv Gandhi on his birth anniversary

Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra paid floral tributes to former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi at his memorial Veer Bhumi on his 82nd birth anniversary

Kharge said Rajiv Gandhi’s legacy lived on through the transformative changes he championed and his enduring faith in India’s youth, technological progress and the power of new ideas

Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi stated that the resolve to build the India of his father Rajiv Gandhi's dreams will always continue to guide him

In a post in Hindi, Rahul Gandhi said, "Harmony among Indians, compassion in every heart, and equal rights to justice and democracy for every citizen - Papa, this teaching of yours is my strength and your memories are my courage." "The resolve to build the India of your dreams will always continue to guide me"

Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said that given the youth ferment across the country, it is important to recall that it was Rajiv Gandhi who, as the prime minister, gave the 18-year-olds the right to vote by reducing the minimum voting age and led India decisively into the IT era

Ramesh also recalled that Gandhi declared January 12 as the National Youth Day, produced the New Education Policy of 1988 and set up the Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan covering all districts

Kharge, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi, among others, also paid floral tributes to Rajiv Gandhi at his portrait in the central hall of Samvidhan Sadan

India's youngest prime minister, Rajiv Gandhi held office from 1984 to 1989. He was assassinated by a suicide bomber of the LTTE in 1991