India today paid rich tributes to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 20th death anniversary. It was on this day 20 years ago Rajiv Gandhi was killed in an LTTE suicidal bomb attack at Sri Perambudur in Tamil Nadu.

 

President Pratibha Patil, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, Vice-President Hamid Ansari, Home Minister P. Chidambaram and Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit paid floral tributes to the late leader at ‘Veer Bhumi’, the memorial of Rajiv Gandhi in Delhi.

 

Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Vadra also visited the Samadhi of Rajiv and paid floral tributes to their father.