Rahul Gandhi at Indira Gandhi’s funeral.
Senior Congress leader and former party president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday shared an emotional video paying tribute to his grandmother Indira Gandhi on her death anniversary.
In the video, Rahul shared heart-wrenching scenes of himself crying at his grandmother’s funeral. At that time he was only 14 years old.
Rahul said, “He told me, ‘Don’t cry if something happens to me’. I didn’t understand what he meant. Three hours before his death, he thought he would be killed.” Second hardest day of his life.
In a tribute to the former prime minister, Rahul said, “He once told all of us at the dinner table that the biggest curse would be to die of a disease. It was the best way to die from his vision for his country.”
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi, sister of Rahul Gandhi, also shared a nostalgic picture of her grandmother and her, holding hands, playing and laughing. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra wrote, “Your life is a message of courage, fearlessness and patriotism. Your life is a message to keep fighting for justice by following the path of ideals.”
Indira Gandhi was shot dead on 31 October 1984 by her Sikh bodyguards.
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