Nehru Birth Anniversary: PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi and Kharge Pay Tributes to India’s First Prime Minister
Leaders across parties remembered Jawaharlal Nehru on 14 November; Rahul Gandhi said India was, for Nehru, a discovery and an idea.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and several other leaders paid tributes to Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first Prime Minister, on his birth anniversary on Saturday, 14 November, ABP Live reported. The day is also observed as Children’s Day.
PM Modi
In a post on X, PM Modi offered his tributes to the former Prime Minister on his birth anniversary.
Rahul Gandhi
Rahul Gandhi described Nehru as the “jewel of Hind” in a post on X. He wrote that for Nehru, independence was not the destination but the start of a new journey for the country, and that self-rule meant every citizen’s participation rather than simply holding power. India, he said, was for Nehru a discovery and an idea, drawing strength from diversity, faith from democracy and its foundation from equality. Working towards that modern, scientific and confident India would be the true tribute to him, Gandhi added.
Other leaders
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh recalled Nehru’s role in the freedom struggle and said his leadership as independent India’s first Prime Minister left a lasting mark on the country’s early years of development.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge called Nehru the chief architect of modern India, who understood that a nation as diverse as India could be held together only through a democracy that makes room for different cultures, beliefs and views. Paying tribute at Shanti Van, Kharge said the occasion should renew the resolve to protect the Constitution and democratic institutions. Kharge, Sonia Gandhi and other Congress leaders offered floral tributes in Delhi.
Karnataka Chief Minister D K Shivakumar praised Nehru’s contribution to strengthening democracy, secularism, education, science and industrial development, and recalled his faith in the potential of young people.
Featured image: NEHRU MEMORIAL MUSEUM-Delhi-Dr. Murali Mohan Gurram by Dr Murali Mohan Gurram, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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