Meanwhile in Delhi, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former party chief Rahul Gandhi paid rich tributes to Mahatma Gandhi on his birth anniversary on Wednesday

While Rahul Gandhi said the Mahatma was not just an individual but a way of living and thinking, Kharge said they are following his ideas as they are being challenged today

"Bapu has taught me that if we want to live, we should live without fear - we should walk on the path of truth, love, compassion and harmony while uniting everyone," Rahul Gandhi said

"Gandhi ji was not just an individual, he was a way of living and thinking," the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha said in a post in Hindi on X while paying salutations to the Father of the Nation on his birth anniversary

He also paid floral tributes at Mahatma Gandhi's memorial at Rajghat in the morning

Former Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and Kharge also attended a function in the central hall of Parliament where they paid floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi

Speaker Om Birla and other BJP leaders, including union minister and BJP President J P Nadda, were present at the function

Kharge said the thoughts and ideals of Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of the Nation, who showed the path of peace to the entire world with the highest values of truth, non-violence and satyagraha, the architect of the Indian freedom struggle, are always inspiring for us