New Delhi, May 27 -- The Congress on Tuesday paid glowing tributes to India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, on his 61st death anniversary, calling him the architect of modern India and a guiding light for the nation's democratic values.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, former party chief Rahul Gandhi, and Congress Parliamentary Party leader Sonia Gandhi led the tributes, with floral homage at Nehru's memorial, Shanti Van.

In a powerful post, Congress communications chief Jairam Ramesh said Nehru "simply refuses to go away" despite a systematic "6D effort" since 2014 to "defame, distort, deny, denigrate, diminish, and demolish" his legacy.

Rahul Gandhi remembered Nehru as a visionary who laid the foundation of a strong, ...