New Delhi: Presiding officers of both the Houses of Parliament and government ministers on Sunday morning gave a miss to the event to offer floral tributes to India’s first Prime Minister Pt Jawahar Lal Nehru in Parliament.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu were both absent.
None of the government ministers came to offer floral tributes either.
Congress chief whip in Rajya Sabha and former minister Jairam Ramesh later tweeted, “Extraordinary scene today in Parliament at the traditional function to mark the birth anniversary of those whose portraits adorn the Central Hall. Speaker Lok Sabha absent. Chairman Rajya Sabha absent. Not a single Minister present. Can it get more atrocious than this?!”
Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted his tributes to Pt Nehru saying “Tributes to Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Ji on his birth anniversary.”
Congress president Sonia Gandhi and other party leaders visited Shanti Vana this morning to pay tributes to Pt Nehru.
Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi tweeted: “‘What we need is a generation of peace’ – Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. Remembering India’s first Prime Minister who greatly valued truth, unity and peace. “
The Congress said, “On Chacha Nehru’s birth anniversary, we wish for the bright & prosperous future of each & every child in India.Our commitment to the nation’s future is unrelenting.”
