Tributes paid to Rajiv Gandhi

By Our Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI, AUG. 20. The Speaker, Mr. G.M.C. Balayogi, today led several Ministers and parliamentarians in paying floral tributes in front of the portrait of the former Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi, in the Central Hall of Parliament today on his 56th birth anniversary.

Among the senior leaders present were the Leader of the Opposition and Rajiv Gandhi's widow, Mrs. Sonia Gandhi, the Union Home Minister, Mr. L.K. Advani, the Telugu Desam Party leader, Mr. Yerran Naidu, the Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman, Ms. Najma Heptullah, and Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Dr. Manmohan Singh.

The Lok Sabha brought out a booklet with a profile of Rajiv Gandhi on the occasion and distributed it among the dignitaries. Rajiv Gandhi's portrait had been unveiled in Central Hall this day seven years ago.

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