Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi paid homage to Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first PM, on his birth anniversary on Thursday. Nehru was born on November 14, 1889 in Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad (now Prayagraj). He was one of the leading faces of the country's freedom struggle. He breathed his last on May 27, 1964. "On the occasion of his birth anniversary, I pay homage to our former Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru," PM Modi wrote on social media post.
The Congress paid rich tributes to Nehru. Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, said Nehru's democratic, progressive and inclusive values are the cornerstone of India and will always remain so. Mallikarjun Kharge, president of the Congress, hailed Nehru as the architect of modern India and the one who took India from zero to the peak. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Congress general secretary, also paid tributes to Nehru at his memorial in Shantivan.
