Pune, Aug. 20 -- The country continues to need the progressive and development-oriented ideas of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, who championed the causes of women and youth and laid the foundation for India's technological revolution, All India Congress Committee (AICC) Secretary and Maharashtra in-charge B.M. Sandeep said here today.
He was speaking at a programme organised by the Rajiv Gandhi Memorial Committee to mark the birth anniversary today of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
Congress leaders and workers paid floral tributes to Rajiv Gandhi at his statue opposite the Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park in Katraj.
Welcoming the gathering, Rajiv Gandhi Memorial Committee president and Maharashtra Congress spokesperson Gopal Tiwari...