Shimla, Oct. 2 -- Leader of Opposition and former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Friday paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi and former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri on their birth anniversaries.

He stated that Gandhi demonstrated that a freedom movement could put forward its demands effectively through peace and non-violence, while Shastri remained an enduring symbol of honesty, simplicity and clean public life.

Speaking with ANI after paying tributes, Thakur said Mahatma Gandhi gave a distinct direction to India's freedom movement by showing that people could put forward their demands peacefully and convince their opponents through dialogue and simplicity.

"Mahatma Gandhi gave a different form to the freedom movemen...