Leaders pay tributes to Pt Jawaharlal Nehru on his birth anniversary

Leaders across different parties took to social media to honour the birth anniversary of the first PM and celebrate his contributions in shaping the country. (Photo credit: ANI)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday paid tributes to Jawaharlal Nehru on his birth anniversary. PM Modi on X (formerly Twitter) said, "Tributes to our first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru Ji on his birth anniversary." (Photo credit: ANI)

"Paying tribute to Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru ji on his birth anniversary, who took India from zero to the pinnacle, the creator of modern India, the fearless guardian of democracy and our source of inspiration," Congress President Kharge posted on X (formerly Twitter). In the post Kharge also added that Nehru 'always kept the country first.' (Photo credit: ANI)

Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi paid floral tribute to former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on his birth anniversary at Shantivan in the national capital. (Photo credit: ANI)

​Rahul Gandhi posted on X (formerly Twitter), "Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru is a thought--of freedom, progress, and justice. Mother India today needs these values of 'Jawahar of Hind', like an ideology, in every heart." (Photo credit: Agencies)

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi paid tribute to former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, saying that Pandit Nehru's democratic ideals, thoughts and efforts paved the way for freedom, equality, justice and progress. (Photo credit: ANI)

"It is because of the vision of Pandit ji (former PM Jawaharlal Nehru) that the country became 'atmanirbhar'," says Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot after paying tribute to former PM Jawaharlal Nehru at Albert Hall in Jaipur on his birth anniversary. (Photo credit: PTI)

"His legacy lives on and he continues to resonate in numerous ways, even as the self-styled Vishwaguru and his drum-beaters do their worst to deny his monumental contributions and distort, damage, denigrate, demean and defame him," he said. (Photo credit: ANI)