New Delhi, Oct 31: Rahul Gandhi said on Tuesday that he would always defend India, for which his grandmother Indira Gandhi “sacrificed everything,” and that she was a source of strength for him. On this day in 1984, Indira Gandhi, the first and only female prime minister of India, was assassinated by her bodyguards.On the anniversary of Indira Gandhi’s passing, Rahul Gandhi expressed his emotional thoughts in Hindi, writing, “My strength, my grandmother.” “I promise to defend India, for which you gave your all. Rahul Gandhi remarked on X, “Your memories are always with me, in my heart.” “Hundreds of salutations to my grandmother, late Indira Gandhi ji, who was a symbol of unmatched courage and struggle and the pioneer of democratic socialism, on her martyrdom day,” said his cousin and BJP MP Varun Gandhi in remembrance of Indira Gandhi. “You were resolute in making difficult choices, but you also had a really straightforward and kind tenderness towards parenting. Grandma, you are the real ‘Mother of the Nation,'” Varun Gandhi remarked.Varun Gandhi is the younger son of Indira Gandhi, while Rahul is the older son of Rajiv.
