Hyderabad: On the occasion of Teachers' day, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra remembered her teachers and sent best wishes to them. Taking to Twitter, Priyanka wrote, "To Ms. Geeta Mendiratta, Mrs. Uma Sahai, Ms. D. David, Mrs. May Lal, Mrs. Neelam Sibal, Ms. Ruby Solomon, Mr. Satish Kamra, Mr. S.C. Jain, Sr. Melba, Sr. Raphael, Sr. Stella and countless other wonderful teachers who blessed my life with their knowledge and kindness, wherever you are, I send you all my love on Teacher's Day."
Her brother and former Congress president Rahul Gandhi also wished teachers on the occasion. He tweeted a picture of a girl going to school on a boat and wrote "she had not lost hope and was a brave girl."
External Affairs minister S Jaishankar, too, greeted educators across the country on Teachers' Day, which is celebrated annually on September 5 to mark the birthday of the country's former President and Bharat Ratna awardee, Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. "Teachers make our Nation. Pay tribute to Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan and to all educators on Teachers’ Day," the minister tweeted.
