Rajiv Gandi remembered

Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and Lok Sabha Speaker Sri Somnath Chatterjee led the nation in paying floral tributes to Shri Rajiv Gandhi in the Central Hall of Parliament House on his 64th Birth Anniversary, on Aug 20. Among others, Smt. Sonia Gandhi, Chairperson of UPA; Shri L.K.Advani, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha; Union Ministers; Shri K. Rahman Khan, Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha; Members of Parliament; former Members of Parliament; and other dignitaries attended the function and offered floral tributes. Shri P.D.T. Achary and Dr. V.K.Agnihotri, Secretaries-General of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, respectively also paid floral tributes. A booklet containing the profile of Shri Rajiv Gandhi, brought out in Hindi and English by the Lok Sabha Secretariat, was also presented to the dignitaries.