Congress Honors Rajiv Gandhi on 33rd Death Anniversary with Anti-Terrorism Pledge

Congress members and leaders gathered at Rajiv Gandhi's memorial in Sriperumbudur to pay tribute on his 33rd death anniversary. TNCC president K Selvaperunthagai led the ceremony, including an anti-terrorism pledge. Blood donation camps were also held, and similar tributes took place in Puducherry.

The Congress members paid tributes to their leader and former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi at his memorial in Sriperumbudur near here on his 33rd death anniversary on Tuesday.

Accompanied by party leaders and cadres, TNCC president K Selvaperunthagai offered his tributes at the memorial and later undertook the anti-terrorism pledge on the occasion.

The former prime minister was assassinated on this day in 1991 by a suicide bomber during an election rally in Sriperumbudur.

The Congress members donated blood at camps held in Kancheepuram district.

Meanwhile, in neighbouring Puducherry, Lieutenant Governor C P Radhakrishnan and Chief Minister N Rangasamy were among those who paid homage at the statue of Rajiv Gandhi on his 33rd death anniversary.

Radhakrishnan administered 'Anti terrorism day' pledge to all those present on the occasion.

A team of Congress functionaries headed by PCC president V Vaithilingam paid homage at the statue and also took the pledge.