The Congress leaders remembered former Prime Minister and Bharat Ratna Rajiv Gandhi on his birth anniversary on August 20. On this occasion, senior Dalit leader and former MlA Jai Kishan distributed fruits and medicines to patients of swine flu and dengue admitted in Sanjay Gandhi memorial hospital and Baba Saheb hospital on Sunday.
He also distributed cloths (school dress) and sarees to people of slum clusters falling in Sultanpuri area.
Former AICC secretary on this occasion addressed a small gathering of Party workers. He exhorted party workers to follow the Rajiv Gandhi’s ideals, who was ahead of his time.
He brought revolution in telecom industry, information technology in the country. He brought computers in the country when nobody even could think of it.
The party has been celebrating the birth anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi across the country as “Sadbhavana Diwas” for the past 25 years to promote national integration and communal harmony.
“Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhawana Diwas is a day to commemorate the values, attitudes and ideals of the late Prime Minister. An attempt is made to understand and uphold his passion for the progress of the nation and his pioneering of many national and international projects”, Jai Kishen said.