Sonia, Rahul pay tributes to Rajiv Gandhi

New Delhi, May 21: Congress President Sonia Gandhi along with Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday paid their tributes to the late prime minister Rajiv Gandhi at his memorial 'Vir Bhoomi' on the occasion of his 26th anniversary.

Rahul Gandhi took his social network handler twitter and tweeted that, Remembering my father today. A leader is driven by love, compassion and a deep generosity of heart. We miss him."

Later, Sonia Gandhi was also accompanied by daughter Priyanka Gandhi and son-in-law Robert Vadra to pay tribute to the late leader.



However, He was assassinated on this day in 1991 in a suicide bomb attack by Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) during an election rally at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu.

Rajiv Gandhi Born on August 20, 1944, he served as the sixth Prime Minister of India from 1984 to 1989.