President Pranab Mukherjee and Vice President Hamid Ansari were noticeable by their absence at the memorial to one time Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his death anniversary on Thursday,seemingly against the backdrop of new government’s decision that such functions will be a non governmental affair.
Both the leaders had been to ‘Vir Bhumi’, the memorial to the late leader, in previous years to pay their homeage but did not do so today.Rajiv’s wife and Congress President Sonia Gandhi, joined by son and party Vice President Rahul Gandhi, daughter Priyanka Gandhi and son-in-law Robert Vadra offered flowers.
One time Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and a number of party leaders including Ghulam Nabi Azad, P C Chacko, Oscar Fernandes, Ajay Maken were among those who paid tributes to the leader.
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