"She believed the culture of tribal society is the best": Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra pens down post on former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's birth anniversary
Nov 19, 2024
New Delhi [India], November 19 : Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday paid tribute to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her birth anniversary.
Taking to social media X, Vadra in a post wrote how her grandmother started the elections campaign in Maharashtra and was a firm believer of the tribal culture being the best and unique.
"My grandmother Smt. Indira Gandhi always started her election campaign from Nandurbar in Maharashtra. She believed that the culture of the tribal society is the best and unique because it respects and protects nature. When she became the Prime Minister, she empowered the tribal society by making many important laws for them. She strengthened the tribals, Dalits, backward and poor the most with her policies.Today, the Congress party is carrying forward the ideas of Indira Gandhi by demanding caste-based census and increasing the reservation limit for SC/ST/OBC from 50%.Dadi Ji! Your lessons of service and values will always remain with us," Vadra's post read.
Earlier today, Congress MP and Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi also paid tribute to his grandmother in a post on X.
Rahul Gandhi shared photos from his childhood with Indira Gandhi and wrote in the post how his grandmother Indira Gandhi was an example of courage and love.
"Grandma was an example of both courage and love. It is from her that I have learnt that the real strength is to fearlessly walk on the path of national interest. Her memories are my strength, which always shows me the way," the post read.
Born on November 19, 1917, to India's first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Kamala Nehru, she served as the first and only woman prime minister from January 1966 to March 1977 and again from January 1980 until her assassination in October 1984.
She was the second longest-serving Prime Minister after Nehru and was well-known for path-breaking economic and social reforms, including the nationalisation of banks. She also abolished the privy purses of the erstwhile princely states.
Indira Gandhi, who was hailed as one of the tallest world leaders, was assassinated by her own Sikh bodyguards at her residence on Akbar Road on October 31, 1984. This came after Operation Bluestar was executed at Amritsar's Golden Temple, wherein Gandhi ordered the Indian Army to confront Sikh separatists who had taken shelter at the holy shrine.
