File photo of Sonia Gandhi at Shakti Sthal, New Delhi | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint
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New Delhi: Senior Congress leaders, led by party’s interim president Sonia Gandhi, attended a ceremony of remembrance held for Indira Gandhi in Shakti Sthal early Thursday.
Today marks the 35th death anniversary of Indira Gandhi, India’s second longest serving Prime Minister and the only woman till date to have held the position. Prominent party leaders who attended the ceremony included former president of India Pranab Mukherjee, former vice-president Hamid Ansari, former prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh and Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot.
Former prime minister Manmohan Singh at Shakti Sthal | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrintSonia Gandhi attends the ceremony held in honour of her late mother-in-law | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrintFormer President Pranab Mukherjee, who was a finance minister in Indira Gandhi’s cabinet, at Shakti Sthal | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrintChief Minister of Rajasthan Ashok Gehlot at Indira Gandhi’s remembrance ceremony at Shakti Sthal, New Delhi | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrintSenior Congress leader and Gandhi loyalist Motilal Vora at Shakti Sthal | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrintCongress leader Jagdish Tytler, who was an accused in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots that broke out after Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards, pays his respects at Shakti Sthal, New Delhi | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrintSonia Gandhi leaves Shakti Sthal, New Delhi | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrintRamesh Dutta, who was a close to Indira Gandhi during her tenure as Prime Minister, and Congress party workers attend Indira Gandhi’s remembrance ceremony at Shakti Sthal, New Delhi | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrintPeople photograph Congress leaders at Shakti Sthal, New Delhi | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint
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