Overview
- Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi laid floral tributes at Shakti Sthal and visited the memorial at 1, Safdarjung Road in New Delhi.
- Rahul Gandhi called her fearless and unwavering while asserting that she taught the primacy of India’s identity and self-respect.
- Kharge praised her resolve in preserving unity and integrity in posts on X, sharing images from the tribute ceremony.
- Jairam Ramesh shared photos and recounted her August 13, 1977 journey by car, jeep, tractor and elephant to Belchhi to console Dalit families after caste violence.
- Ramesh noted she met Jayaprakash Narayan in Patna the next day, as other Congress voices, including K C Venugopal and the party’s official handle, hailed the ‘Iron Lady’ on the day she was assassinated in 1984.