PM pays homage to Indira Gandhi on 'Mann ki Baat'

PM Narendra Modi paid homage to former prime minister Indira Gandhi on his monthly radio programme 'Mann ki Baat' who was assassinated on October 31, 1984.

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid homage to former prime minister Indira Gandhi, who was assassinated on October 31, 1984.

Speaking on the 58th edition of this monthly radio programme 'Mann ki Baat', he said, "My dear countrymen, on October 31, the former Prime Minister was assassinated. It was a traumatic moment for our country. Today, I pay homage to her."

Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards at her residence an Akbar Road on October 31, 1984.

This came after Operation Bluestar was executed at Amritsar's Golden Temple, wherein Gandhi has ordered the Indian Army to confront Sikh separatists who had taken shelter in the holy shrine.