Congress leaders remember Jawaharlal Nehru on his 130th birth anniversary

A large number of MPs, senior Congress leaders and thousands of party workers also paid tributes to Nehru at Shanti Vana on his 130th birth anniversary.

Former PM Dr Manmohan Singh paid floral tributes to first PM of India Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on his 130th birth anniversary at Shanti Vana in New Delhi on Thursday. | (Photo | Arun Kumar/EPS)

NEW DELHI: Congress President Sonia Gandhi, former President Pranab Mukherjee and former PM Manmohan Singh on Thursday paid homage to India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru on his birth anniversary.

A large number of MPs, senior Congress leaders and thousands of party workers also paid tributes to Nehru at Shanti Vana on his 130th birth anniversary.

In a tweet, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said, "On his birth anniversary, we remember our first PM, Pandit Jawaharlal NehruJi, a statesman, visionary, scholar, institution builder and one of the great architects of modern India".

He also used the hashtag "RememberingNehruji".