{"id":490356,"date":"2023-10-02T12:56:54","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T07:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=490356"},"modified":"2023-10-02T13:33:34","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T08:03:34","slug":"gandhi-jayanti-president-pm-tribute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/india-news\/gandhi-jayanti-president-pm-tribute\/","title":{"rendered":"Gandhi Jayanti: President Droupadi Murmu, PM Modi pay tribute at Rajghat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On the occasion of the 154th Gandhi Jayanti, President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid flowers to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat in the nation&#8217;s capital on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the PM Modi, Mahatma Gandhi&#8217;s influence is global and inspiring the entire humankind to further the spirit of unity and compassion. He also led the tributes to Gandhi on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PM Modi wrote on X, formerly Twitter, he bows to Mahatma Gandhi on the special occasion of Gandhi Jayanti. PM also appreciated Gandhi\u2019s teachings as he wrote, his timeless teachings continue to illuminate our path. He further said, may we always work towards fulfilling his dreams. May his thoughts enable every youngster be the agent of change he dreamt of, fostering unity and harmony all over, the Prime Minister added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I bow to Mahatma Gandhi on the special occasion of Gandhi Jayanti. His timeless teachings continue to illuminate our path. Mahatma Gandhi&#39;s impact is global, motivating the entire humankind to further the spirit of unity and compassion. May we always work towards fulfilling his\u2026<\/p>&mdash; Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/narendramodi\/status\/1708658609457189282?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 2, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At Rajghat, vice president Jagdeep Dhankhar and Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla offered floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">VIDEO | Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar pays floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi at Delhi\u2019s Rajghat on the occasion of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GandhiJayanti?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GandhiJayanti<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q5yHPKTHFU\">pic.twitter.com\/q5yHPKTHFU<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PTI_News\/status\/1708672149978808418?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 2, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, presented floral tributes at Rajghat and said Mahatma Gandhi is not just an individual, but an idea, an ideology, and the moral compass of our great nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The congress president shared a post on X, in which he saluted Bapu\u2019s values and ideologies as he wrote, his ideals of truth, non-violence, freedom, equality and coexistence have eternal value. We bow in reverence to Bapu\u2019s ideals on his Jayanti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mahatma Gandhi ji is not just an individual, he is an idea, an ideology and the moral compass of our great nation. <br><br>His ideals of truth, non-violence, freedom, equality and coexistence have eternal value. <br><br>We bow in reverence to Bapu\u2019s ideals on his Jayanti. <br><br>\ud83d\udccdRaj Ghat  |\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/j54hRebVJS\">pic.twitter.com\/j54hRebVJS<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Mallikarjun Kharge (@kharge) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kharge\/status\/1708669327137034628?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 2, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, the Congress party&#8217;s official X account posted,&nbsp;on Gandhi Jayanti, we pay a billion tributes to the Mahatma, whose lifelong commitment to the cause of freedom won India her Independence. Let us promise to continue following his principles, which are the cornerstone of our country and are peace, unity, and nonviolence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On Gandhi Jayanti, we pay a billion tributes to the Mahatma, whose life-long dedication to the cause of  freedom won India her Independence. <br><br>Let us pledge that his values of peace, unity and non-violence\u2014the bedrock of our nation\u2014continue to act as our guiding light. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/W56XTTMIgB\">pic.twitter.com\/W56XTTMIgB<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Congress (@INCIndia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/INCIndia\/status\/1708663087761354852?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 2, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Gandhi Jayanti, observed annually on October 2, commemorates the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi. To remember the values of nonviolence and tolerance that Mahatma Gandhi stood for, the day is also observed as the International Day of Nonviolence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Mahatma Gandhi&#8217;s influence is global and inspiring the entire humankind to further the spirit of unity and compassion, said PM Modi. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":490360,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1497,125714],"tags":[80635,226,165,160837,98163],"yst_prominent_words":[3813,14319,80631,26516,6657,6650,3688,3715,29010,21633,10380,3817,20876,4396,3951,17825,31496],"ppma_author":[140543],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2023\/10\/02125032\/ezgif-3-460c085ff6-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":140543,"user_id":4,"is_guest":0,"slug":"apnnewsdesk","display_name":"APN Live","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/478eacb893eda88aa6ed8d99b005bf58?s=96&r=g"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490356"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=490356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490356\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/490360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=490356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=490356"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=490356"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=490356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- html is corrupted -->