Nation pays homage to Gandhi

NEW DELHI, OCT. 2. The nation today fondly remembered the Father of the Nation on his 131st birth anniversary with leaders saying that the Gandhian philosophy was relevant even after more than 50 years of Independence.

The President, Mr. K. R. Narayanan, the Vice-President, Mr. Krishan Kant, the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, and other leaders paid floral tributes to the Mahatma at his samadhi in Rajghat. Mr. Vajpayee stood in silence with folded hands for some time as the representatives of different religions offered prayers.

The well-known classical vocalist, Mr. Madhup Mudgal, sang Gandhi's favourite bhajans, including `Vaishnava Janato' and `Ram Dhun.'

The leaders also offered floral tributes to the former Prime Minister, Lal Bahadur Shastri, who gave the nation the slogan `Jai Jawan-Jai Kisan', at his Vijay Ghat Samadhi on his 96th birth anniversary.

Besides the President, the Vice-President and the Prime Minister, the Opposition leader, Mrs. Sonia Gandhi, the former Prime Minister, Mr. V. P. Singh, Home Minister, Mr. L. K. Advani, the Delhi Chief Minister, Mrs. Sheila Dikshit, Congress leaders, Mr. Manmohan Singh and Mr. Gulam Nabi Azad were among others who visited Vijay Ghat.

- PTI

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