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Updated: May 21, 2019 12:59 IST

Congress president Rahul Gandhi and general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra paid their tributes to their father and former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 28th death anniversary on Tuesday.

“My father was gentle, loving, kind & affectionate. He taught me to love & respect all beings. To never hate. To forgive. I miss him. On his death anniversary, I remember my father with love & gratitude,” Rahul Gandhi tweeted.

Priyanka Gandhi also posted her tribute on Twitter with her photograph as a child with Rajiv Gandhi and a poem by Harivansh Rai Bachchan. “You will always be my hero,” she wrote.

Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by a Sri Lankan rebel group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) suicide bomber Dhanu on May 21, 1991, in Sriperumbudur near Chennai during an election rally. He was 46 years old.

Rahul Gandhi, his mother and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi also went to his memorial, Veer Bhumi, in Delhi. Former prime minister Manmohan Singh and former president Pranab Mukherjee were among other senior party leaders who were present at the memorial.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi also tweeted his tributes to Rajiv Gandhi on his death anniversary, which is also observed as anti-terrorism day.