Tributes paid to Rajiv Gandhi recalling his communal peace rally at Charminar

TPCC president Mahesh Goud, Irrigation Minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy and other Congress leaders at the Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Yatra commemorative meeting at Charminar on October 19, 2026. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

Tributes were paid to late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and his contribution to communal harmony in the country were recalled by the Congress leaders at the Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Yatra commemorative meeting at Charminar on Monday (October 19, 2026).

The meeting is held every year since 1990 to commemorate former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s message of communal harmony and national integration from Charminar. The programme was held under the chairmanship of Irrigation Minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy and Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president and MLC Mahesh Kumar Goud.

Speaking on the occasion Mr. Goud alleged that attempts were being made to erase the contributions of national leaders such as Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru from public memory and rewrite history. The younger generation needed to understand the role played by the Congress in the freedom struggle, he said.