PM Modi & Congress Pay Rich Tributes to Nehru on His 59th Death Anniversary

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday paid tributes to India’s first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on his 59th death anniversary. The Congress also paid rich tributes to the former PM Jawaharlal Nehru on his death anniversary with party chief Mallikarjun Kharge saying the 21st century India cannot be imagined without the contribution of India’s first PM.

“On his death anniversary, I pay tributes to our former PM Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru,” the Prime Minister said in a tweet.

The Congress on Saturday paid rich tributes to former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru on his death anniversary with party chief Mallikarjun Kharge saying the 21st century India cannot be imagined without the contribution of India’s first PM.

Kharge and former party chief Rahul Gandhi also visited Nehru’s memorial at Shanti Van and paid floral tributes. Senior leaders KC Venugopal and Pawan Bansal were among those present at the memorial.

“India of the 21st century cannot be imagined without the contribution of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru,” Kharge said in a tweet in Hindi. A fearless soldier of democracy, his progressive ideas strongly propelled India’s social, political and economic development despite challenges, the Congress president said. “My humble tribute to ‘Hind ke Jawahar’,” he said.

The Congress, from its official Twitter handle, also paid tributes to Nehru.

“We remember Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru, our first prime minister and the ‘Architect of Modern India’ on his death anniversary. A visionary who led the nation to great heights through a plethora of economic policies and industrial establishments,” the party said.

Nehru played a prominent role in India’s freedom struggle and went on to become India’s first Prime Minister after independence in 1947. On May 27, 1964, he took his last breath. He was the Prime Minister for over 16 years from 1947 to 1964 till he died at the age of 74. His birthday is celebrated as Children’s Day every year.