The birthday of Bharat Ratna Rajiv Gandhi is observed as ‘Sadbhavana Diwas”.
New Delhi:
Congress will hold a slew of programs, including blood donation camps, sports and cultural events, across the country to mark the 77th birthday of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, the party’s youth wing said Thursday.
To mark the occasion, a special photo exhibition in his honor will also be held in Delhi on Friday, a statement from the Indian Youth Congress (IYC) said.
Rajiv Gandhi, who served as the country’s prime minister from 1984 to 1989, was born on August 20, 1944. He was assassinated by the LTTE during an election campaign in 1991.
The birthday of Bharat Ratna Rajiv Gandhi is celebrated by the Congress as ‘Sadbhavana Diwas’.
“The Indian Youth Congress staff across the country will pay tribute to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on ”Sadhbhavana Diwas”. Many programs like photo exhibitions, cultural and sports events, ‘run for nation”, blood donation camps, others will be held at the state, district, assembly and bloc levels,” the statement said.
Srinivas BV, the national president of IYC, remembered Rajiv Gandhi for his vision of modern India and called him the “father of the information technology and telecommunications revolution in the country”.
Rajiv Gandhi, who became the prime minister at the age of 40, created the modern India. On his (Gandhi’s) initiative, the Indian telecommunications network was established. The network of telecommunications started from town to village so that people from villages could also connect to the country and the world in terms of communications,” he said in a statement.
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