Congress leader Rahul Gandhi pays tributes to K Kamaraj on his death anniversary

New Delhi [India], October 2 (ANI): Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday paid tribute to Congress leader K Kamaraj on his death anniversary.

In a post on his social media account, Rahul Gandhi said that Kamaraj’s visionary policies for upliftment of the marginalised and empowerment of underprivileged continue to inspire generations across the country.

“Humble tributes to the iconic leader from Tamil Nadu, Shri K. Kamaraj Ji, on his death anniversary. His humility, dedication, and visionary policies for the upliftment of the marginalised and the empowerment of the underprivileged continue to inspire generations across the country. His legacy will always be remembered and cherished,” Rahul Gandhi said in a post on X.

Earlier today, Rahul Gandhi paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi and former prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri at Rajghat and Vijay Ghat, respectively.

Kumaraswami Kamaraj was born humble and poor in a backward area of Tamil Nadu on July 15, 1903. His schooling lasted only six years. At the age of twelve, he was already working as a shop assistant. He was barely fifteen when he heard of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, which was the turning point in his life.

Kamaraj was elected to the Madras Legislative Assembly in 1937, unopposed. He was again elected to it in 1946. He was also elected to the Constituent Assembly of India in 1946 and later to Parliament in 1952.

He became Chief Minister of Madras in 1954. In 1963, he suggested to Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first Prime Minister, that senior Congress leaders should leave ministerial posts to take up organisational work. This suggestion came to be known as the ‘Kamaraj Plan’.

He was honoured posthumously with India’s highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna, in 1976.