Rahul Gandhi offers prayer at Golden Temple

Congress President Rahul Gandhi paid homage at the Akal Takht in Golden Temple on Friday as the nation geared itself to observe the 100th anniversary of Jallianwala genocide carried out by British Army.

Amritsar: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday prayed at the Akal Takht in Golden temple.

Rahul was accompanied by Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh.

The Congress president is scheduled to pay floral tributes tomorrow at the Jallianwala Bagh Memorial. The Year 2019 marks the Centenary of the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, also known as the Amritsar Massacre that occurred on April 13, 1919.

On this day, soldiers of the British Indian Army, on the orders of Colonel Reginald Dyer, fired indiscriminately killing peaceful and unarmed gathering of Indians including women and children, on the occasion of Baisakhi. The Jallianwala massacre by British Army is remembered as one of the deadliest attacks on peaceful civilians in the world.