Congress members celebrated the 69th birthday of party president Sonia Gandhi at various places across the State on Wednesday. In the State capital, the Congress members congregated at the Congress Bhawan in the morning. Raising slogans in support of the party president, the party workers also cut a cake on the occasion. later, the party members formed different groups to distribute fruits to the patients admitted in the Doon Hospital and Doon women’s hospital. Meanwhile, Mahila Congress members led by its president and MlA Sarita Arya distributed fruits and other food items to the aged persons in the Prem Sukh Dham Ashram at lakshman Chowk. The PCC vice president Jot Singh Bisht, Suryakant Dhasmana, party programme coordinator Rajendra Shah and other party members were among those who participated in these activities. In the Kumaon region, the party members held similar celebrations in various towns to mark the occasion.