PM Modi, Congress leaders pay tributes to Jawaharlal Nehru on his death anniversary

Jawaharlal Nehru -- India`s first Prime Minister. File Photo

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress leaders paid tribute to India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru on his 60th death anniversary on Monday.

Congress Party President Mallikarjun Kharge, party's Parliamentary Chairperson Sonia Gandhi along with Rajya Sabha MP Ajay Maken also paid their tributes to the former PM.

In a post on X, PM Modi said, "I pay homage to former PM Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Ji on his death anniversary."

Jawaharlal Nehru was a freedom fighter who played an important role in India's freedom movement. He became India's first Prime Minister in 1947.

Former Congress President Sonia Gandhi also paid floral tributes to the former prime minister at his memorial 'Shantivan'.

The current Congress party chief Mallikarjun Kharge in a post on X said that the history of India is incomplete with Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru's contribution. He also called Nehru, the architect of modern India who took India forward in scientific, economic, industrial and various fields.

"Our humble tribute to "Hind ke Jawahar" on his death anniversary," Kharge said.

"We may follow different religions, live in different states, speak different languages, but that should not create any wall between us. All people should get equal opportunity in progress. We do not want some people in our country to be very rich and most of the people to be poor," he added.

Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi also paid homage to Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Ji on his death anniversary. He also said that Nehru was the ‘architect of modern India' and said that he dedicated his entire life to building India through the freedom movement, establishing democracy, and secularism.

"Respectful tributes to the architect of modern India and the first Prime Minister of the country, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on his death anniversary. As a visionary, he dedicated his entire life to building India through the freedom movement, establishing democracy, secularism and laying the foundation of the Constitution. His values will always guide us," Gandhi said in a post in Hindi on X.

Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh paid rich tributes to Nehru on his 60th death anniversary.

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Prime Minister of India who remained in the post for more than 16 years. He died due to a heart attack on 27th May 1964.

(With inputs from ANI and PTI)