On the 142nd birth anniversary of
Mahatma Gandhi on Saturday, VP Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh and UPA chief Sonia Gandhi visited Rajghat to pay tribute to the
Father of the Nation.
Dignitaries also paid glowing tributes to former Prime Minister, Lal Bahadur Shastri, on his 107th birth anniversary.
Sonia Gandhi and a large number of dignitaries offered floral tributes at the memorial and remembered the services of Shastri.
After
undergoing surgery for an undisclosed aliment over a month ago, Sonia
Gandhi on Sunday made her first public appearance when she attended a
prayer meeting at Raj Ghat on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi's birth
anniversary.
Sonia
was there for about 15-20 minutes at the memorial along with Vice
President Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and senior BJP
leader L K Advani.
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Union Urban Development Minister Kamalnath were also present at the memorial among others.
Leaders
of various religions also offered prayers at the Gandhi samadhi. After
the prayers, Advani was seen talking to Gandhi apparently enquiring
about her health.
Gandhi
had undergone a surgery for undisclosed aliment in August and returned
to the capital last month. Though she had attended a couple of meetings
with top Congress leaders, she had not attended any public function so
far.
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