Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi pay tribute to Indira Gandhi

Congress President and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and and Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi paid homage to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on Monday on her 27th death anniversary at 'Shakti Shthal', New Delhi.

President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar were also present to pay their respects to Indira Gandhi who was assassinated on October 31, 1984. Delhi Lt Governor Tejinder Khanna, Union Ministers Vilasrao Deshmukh, Kamal Nath, KV Thomas, N Narayana Swamy and Krishna Tirath and senior Congress leaders Motilal Vohra, Manishankar Aiyar were also present.

Devotional songs were played at the venue as the dignitaries sat at Shakti Sthal after paying tributes to the late leader. A speech by Indira Gandhi was also played on the occasion.