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Tricitynews
Chandigarh
20th August:- The Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee today paid homage to
former Prime Minister ‘Bharat Ratna’ Late Rajiv Gandhi on his 74the birth
anniversary. Dr. Ashok Tanwar, former M.P., President, Haryana Pradesh Congress
Committee presided over the function.
Garlanding the photo of Late Rajiv Gandhi, Dr.
Tanwar said that former PM Rajiv Gandhi laid down his life fighting against
terrorism and secessionism During his Primeministership, Shri Rajiv Gandhi had
taken very far-reaching decisions. To make the youth a participant in the
politics of the country the age for voting was reduced from 21 to 18
years. To make the Panchayati Raj Institutions a backbone of the
democracy in the real sense, he provided Constitutional protection to these
bodies. Late Rajiv Gandhi had the idea that the representation in the
Parliament and the Vidhan Sabhas was very marginal and the Panchayati Raj
Institutions will make the participation in the governance of maximum number of
people.
Dr. Ashok Tanwar said that the Digital India of
which the BJP Government is boasting these days was actually started by Late Rajiv
Gandhi.
The HPCC President
said that on this auspicious day of the birthday of Late Rajiv Gandhi, we take the pledge to
totally finish corruption, communalism and narrow-mindedness and our efforts
will be to rise above the division on the basis of religion, caste and region
and work for the all round development of the country.
Those who paid homage to Shri Rajiv Gandhi included
Tarun Bhandari, Kuldeep Soni, Manveer Kaur Gill, Rajesh Kona, Dalbir Balmiki,
Jagbir Jognakhera, Nisant Prabhakar, Sunil Saroha, Darshan Devinagar, Staff of
PCC and a large number of Party workers.
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