Summary:
Congress president Rahul Gandhi , accompanied by his uncle Rustom Gandhi, had visited the grave and paid obeisance by placing a wreath on August 29, 2008. However, the event was described as ‘personal’ and not disclosed to the media and Congress workers. “She made a mistake by garlanding the statue of Lal Bahadur Shashtri by the garland which she was wearing. She has to understand that this is not done. We have decided to clean the statue of Shashtri ji and pay floral tribute to him,” he added.Though Priyanka visited Swaraj Bhawan during her over 12-hour stay in the city, she did skipped the grave of her grandfather..