Former Speaker of Parliament and wife of the late Rajiv Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, spoke at the 25th Rajiv Gandhi National Sadhbhavana Award Ceremony on Sunday, sharing a brief but influential speech by her late husband, former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. He looked back on a number of achievements during his tenure. political career. She stressed that his career was terminated in a very “brutal way,” according to ANI reports.
Sonia Gandhi emphasized Rajiv Gandhi’s sensitivity to national diversity and dedication to women’s empowerment. she said: “He was very sensitive to the diversity of this country. He achieved countless feats whenever he had the opportunity to serve the nation.”
She credits him with pioneering the reservation of one-third of women in Panchayat city and municipalities, an initiative that today has more than 1.5 million women parliamentarians in local and urban bodies. lead to being elected. She also noted that his government had lowered the voting age from 21 to 18.
Rajiv Gandhi became India’s youngest prime minister at age 40 in 1984 after his mother, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, was assassinated. He served as prime minister until his December 1989.
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Born on 20 August 1944, Rajiv Gandhi was tragically assassinated by a LTTE suicide bomber on 21 May 1991 during an election rally in Tamil Nadu.
At the event, former Vice President M. Hamid Ansari, witnessed by Ms. Sonia Gandhi, MP Party Chairperson and Ms. Malikaljun Kalgeh, Ms. Malikaljun, Ms. Kalgeh, Parliamentary Speaker, will visit Banastari Vidyapith, a women’s residence in Rajasthan for the fiscal year 2020-21. 25th Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award. The award was handed over to Siddhartha Shastri of the same institution.
Sonia Gandhi also advocated for communal harmony, peace and nationhood, especially in today’s climate where the forces that create the politics of hatred, social division, bigotry and prejudice are gaining momentum, often with the support of those in power. He stressed the importance of unity.
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She added that Rajiv Gandhi is an advocate for the protection and conservation of polymorphism that exists in India. She praised Rajiv Gandhi’s efforts to protect India’s rich diversity and stressed that unity can only be strengthened by celebrating religious, ethnic, linguistic and cultural differences.
The event, attended by Sonia Gandhi, parliamentary speaker Malikaljun Kalge and other party leaders, was held at Jawahar Bhawan in Delhi on what would have been Rajiv Gandhi’s 79th birthday.
Early in the morning, Sonia Gandhi, together with Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Robert Vadra and Malikaljun Kaage, laid a wreath at Rajiv Gandhi’s monument “Vir Bhoomi” in Delhi.
(with input from ANI)