Rahul, Sonia, Manmohan attend prayer meet at Sevagram Ashram
Congress president Rahul
Gandhi and other senior party leaders participated in a prayer meeting at Sevagram Ashram here in Maharashtra Tuesday on the 149th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi
Besides Rahul, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, former prime minister Manmohan Singh and Congress Working Committee (CWC) members paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi at Bapu Kuti, residence of the Father of the Nation during his last years.
They were accompanied by senior All India Congress Committee (AICC) leaders Ashok Gehlot and Mallikarjun Kharge.
Rahul planted a sapling in the ashram next to the tree which his father and former prime minister late Rajiv Gandhi had planted on this day in 1986.
This is the Congress chief's second visit to the ashram. He had earlier planted a sapling here on January 24, 2014.
Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel said the party practised the politics of "sadbhavna" (inclusiveness).
"Paying homage to Mahatma Gandhi is not new for us. It is the BJP which is ...