40. He served as Indian Prime Minister from 1984 to 1989. On the black of May 21, 1991, when Rajiv Gandhi was on an election campaign in Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, he was assassinated by a suicide bomber. Rajiv Gandhi was also an active member of the Commonwealth during his times. In October 1985, he visited Nassau for the CHOGM in the Bahamas.
On the death anniversary of their father, Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra took to Twitter to remember their father with his pictures and messages. Rahul Gandhi tweeted, ”Truth, Compassion, Progress”. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra wrote, ”There is no greater strength than love, no greater courage than kindness, no greater power than compassion and no greater teacher than humility”.
The Congress party took to Twitter and posted a video of Rahul Gandhi paying tribute to his father on his 30th death anniversary. The party tweeted: ”He stood for truth, love and compassion. He believed in the power of our people. He upheld the core values of our great nation. He envisaged India amongst the world’s best. We pay our heartfelt tribute to our youngest PM, Bharat Ratna Shri Rajiv Gandhi”.
In this hour of crisis, the All India Congress Committee (AICC) General Secretary KC Venugopal announced that…
