Rajiv Gandhi’s farsighted policies helped build modern India: Rahul on father’s birth anniv

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi pays tribute to his father and former PM Rajiv Gandhi on his 77th birth anniversary, at Veer Bhumi in Delhi, on Friday. Pic/AFP

The Congress on Friday paid rich tributes to Rajiv Gandhi on his 77th birth anniversary, with Rahul Gandhi saying that the former prime minister's farsighted policies helped build modern India.

"Rajiv Gandhi ji was a man with tremendous vision, whose farsighted policies helped build modern India," he said in a Facebook post.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot hit out at the BJP for repeatedly asking the Congress what it did during its 70 years in power. The grand old party kept the country undivided and democracy intact and it was due to this that new governments were formed, he said.

Gehlot said the country got independence because Congress leaders made sacrifices and went to jails. Unlike Pakistan, India did not fall under military rule, he added.

"Governments in the country keep coming and going. The present government, too, was formed only because the roots of democracy were strong. These people forget this," Gehlot said without naming anyone.

In a democracy, criticism is welcomed but these people cannot tolerate it and consider it sedition, he said, targeting the Centre.

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