Leaders pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary

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President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat on his 150th birth anniversary. Congress president Sonia Gandhi, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, BJP veteran L K Advani, Union ministers Piyush Goyal and Hardeep Singh Puri, and BJP working president J P Nadda were among those who paid floral tributes to the father of the nation.

By CNBC-TV18Oct 2, 2019 11:34:53 AM IST (Published)

President Ram Nath Kovind pays homage to Mahatma Gandhi on the occasion of his 150th birth anniversary at Rajghat, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo/Shahbaz Khan)

Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu pays homage to Mahatma Gandhi on the occasion of his 150th birth anniversary at Rajghat, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo/Shahbaz Khan)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, pays tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on the 150th anniversary of his birth at Rajghat. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, pays tribute to iconic independence leader Mahatma Gandhi on the 150th anniversary of his birth at Rajghat. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, centre, attends an event to pay tribute to iconic independence leader Mahatma Gandhi on the 150th anniversary of his birth in New Delhi. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Opposition Congress party leader Sonia Gandhi, flanked by Railways Minister Piyush Goyal, left and junior minister for external affairs V. Muraleedharan, attends an event to pay tribute to iconic independence leader Mahatma Gandhi on the 150th anniversary of his birth in New Delhi. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Opposition Congress party leader Sonia Gandhi, pays tribute to iconic independence leader Mahatma Gandhi on the 150th anniversary of his birth at Rajghat. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Former prime minister Manmohan Singh pays homage to Mahatma Gandhi on the occasion of his 150th birth anniversary at Rajghat. (PTI Photo/ Shahbaz Khan)

Senior BJP leader LK Advani and his daughter Pratibha Advani pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi on the occasion of his 150th birth anniversary at Rajghat. (PTI Photo/ Shahbaz Khan)

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and other ministers pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his150th birth anniversary at Parliament House, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo/Arun Sharma)