On Sunday morning from the shores of Pangong Lake in Ladakh, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will pay tribute to his father and former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on the occasion of his 79th birthday. On Saturday, Rahul Gandhi set out by bicycle for Pangong Tso in Ladakh. Today, former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi will celebrate his birthday with a prayer gathering on the shores of Pangong Lake.
“Today Rahul Gandhi will pay tribute to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi here. Rajiv Gandhi sacrificed his life for the country. We have gathered here to remember him,” Vikar Rasool Wani, President of the Jammu & Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee told ANI.
Rajiv Gandhi, who served as the 7th Prime Minister of India from 1984 to 1989, was born on August 20, 1944.
Meanwhile, Congress leaders and workers are to pay tribute to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his birth anniversary here in the national capital.
Rahul Gandhi arrived in Leh to begin his two-day visit to the Union Territory on Thursday and later decided to extend his tour till August 25.
This is his first visit to Ladakh since Jammu and Kashmir was bifurcated into two Union Territories, Ladakh and J-K, following the removal of Articles 370 and 35 (A) on August 5, 2019.
On Friday he interacted with youth in Leh.
Rahul Gandhi will reportedly watch a football game in Leh as well, according to party sources. Rahul played football while he was a college student. According to reports, he will also attend the August 25 meeting of the 30-member Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC)-Kargil elections.