President Murmu, PM Modi pay homage to Gandhi, Shastri on start anniversary

President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi and former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri on their start anniversary in New Delhi on Thursday (October 2, 2025).

PM Modi mentioned his authorities will observe Gandhi’s path for constructing a developed India.

He mentioned on X, “Gandhi Jayanti is about paying homage to the extraordinary lifetime of beloved Bapu, whose beliefs reworked the course of human historical past. He demonstrated how braveness and ease may change into devices of nice change.” PM Modi mentioned Gandhi believed within the energy of service and compassion as important technique of empowering folks.

He additionally paid homage to India’s second Prime Minister, Lal Bahadur Shastri, whose start anniversary, too, fell on Thursday (October 2, 2025).

He lauded him as a unprecedented statesman whose integrity, humility, and willpower strengthened India.

“He personified exemplary management, power and decisive motion. His clarion name of ‘Jai Jawan Jai Kisan’ ignited a spirit of patriotism amongst our folks. He continues to encourage us within the endeavour of constructing a powerful and self-reliant India,” the Prime Minister mentioned.

PM Modi, who has been passionately selling swadeshi, mentioned shopping for merchandise made by Indians will probably be a real tribute to Gandhi and Shastri.

Swadeshi is the inspiration of a self-reliant and developed India, he added.

This yr marks the 156th start anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, remembered because the Father of the Nation for his pivotal position in India’s freedom battle

Born in Gujarat in 1869, Gandhi is taken into account essentially the most influential Indian of his period as he formed the nation’s freedom motion via fact and non-violence, successful worldwide following.

Shastri was born in Uttar Pradesh in 1904 and rose to change into the nation’s Prime Minister after the dying of Jawaharlal Nehru. His honesty and management of the nation in his brief stint as prime minister throughout which India fought a battle with Pakistan earned him common reward.