India, Oct. 2 -- The Government of India has issued a release:

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and Lok Sabha Speaker Shri Om Birla paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi and former Prime Minister, Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri at their portraits in Central Hall, Samvidhan Sadan, on their birth anniversary, today.

Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal; Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Minority Affairs, Shri Kiren Rijiju; Union Minister of State (I/C) for Law & Justice, and MoS in Parliamentary Affairs, Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal; Members of Parliament; former Members and other dignitaries also paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi and Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri at their portraits on the occasion.

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