Nehru's 50th death anniversary: Modi sends condolence via tweet

New Delhi: Day One of Modi’s new government coincided with the 50th death anniversary of the country’s first Prime Minister – Jawaharlal Nehru. [caption id=“attachment_1544757” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  File photo of PM Narendra Modi. PTI[/caption] Several senior leaders paid homage to Nehru today. Conspicuously missing from this list was PM Narendra Modi who only chose to send out a tweet with his message.  President Pranab Mukherjee, vice-president Hamid Ansari, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son and Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi paid floral tributes to the departed leader at Shanti Van, his memorial on the banks of Yamuna. Former Minister of State in the ministry of parliamentary affairs and planning, Rajeev Shukla, Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) president Arvinder Singh Lovely and Congress leader Haroon Yusuf were among those who paid tributes to the leader. A large number of Congress workers and school children also paid homage to Nehru. Devotional songs were played and an all-religion prayer meeting was organized at the memorial. Nehru, who was born on November 14, 1889, died on May 27, 1964. PTI