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PM Modi and former PM Indira Gandhi (R) (File photo) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday paid tribute to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her 107th birth anniversary.Taking to his official account on X, PM Modi wrote, "Tributes to our former Prime Minister, Smt. Indira Gandhi Ji on her birth anniversary."Born on November 19, 1917, Indira Gandhi remains a towering figure in Indian politics. She served as the country’s third Prime Minister from 1966 to 1977 and again from 1980 until her assassination on October 31, 1984. She holds the distinction of being India’s first and only female prime minister so far, leaving an enduring legacy in Indian governance and the Congress party. The daughter of first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira succeeded him as a prominent po...

After a while, Trivedi conveyed the leadership’s stand that the camp, in which attendance was mandatory, would not be deferred. Many saw it as “autocratic”, particularly coming from someone “who does not even hold any official post” in the NSUI or the party. Trivedi quit the group.The camp was eventually cancelled as Sachin Rao, the AICC in-charge of training, had to be in Jammu and Kashmir around that time.In many ways, the pushback over a schedule issue serves as an index of the larger stirrings that the “lateral entry” of faces with a Left background, like Kanhaiya, Mevani and Trivedi, have sparked within the Congress. Kanhaiya, who rose to prominence after being arrested in a sedition case while serving as the president of the JNU Students’ Union, was a member of the Communist Party of...

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PM Modi pays tribute to Indira Gandhi on her 107th birth anniversary – Times of India

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