New Delhi, 19 November 2009: Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, Lok Sabha Speaker Smt. Meira Kumar, and UPA Chairperson, Smt. Sonia Gandhi led the nation in paying floral tributes at the portrait of Smt. Indira Gandhi in the Central Hall of Parliament House on her Birth Anniversary, today.

Other dignitaries who paid tributes to Smt. Indira Gandhi included Leader of the House (Lok Sabha), Shri Pranab Mukherjee; Leader of Opposition   (Lok Sabha), Shri L.K. Advani; Leader of Opposition (Rajya Sabha), Shri Arun Jaitley; several Union Ministers; Members of Parliament; and former Members of Parliament. The Secretaries-General of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha,  Shri P.D.T. Achary and Dr. V.K. Agnihotri, respectively, also paid floral tributes.

A booklet containing the profile of Smt. Indira Gandhi, brought out in Hindi and English by the Lok Sabha Secretariat, was also presented to the dignitaries who attended the function.

The portrait of Smt. Indira Gandhi was unveiled by the then President of India, Shri R. Venkataraman, in the Central Hall of Parliament House on  19 November 1987.