IANS/New Delhi

Bharatiya Janata Party leader and prime minister-designate Narendra Modi yesterday paid homage to late prime minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 23rd death anniversary in a message on social networking site Twitter.
“My homage to former PM Shri Rajiv Gandhi on his death anniversary,” Modi wrote on Twitter.
Earlier, President Pranab Mukherjee, outgoing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh paid tributes to Gandhi.
Mukherjee and Singh along with the late leader’s widow, Congress president Sonia Gandhi paid floral tributes to the departed leader at his memorial here.
Gandhi’s son Rahul, daughter Priyanka and son-in-law Robert Vadra were also present on the occasion.
A number of children also offered floral tributes at the memorial.
Gandhi was assassinated on May 21, 1991 in Tamil Nadu’s Sriperumbudur by Tamil Tigers during an election campaign rally.
He served as prime minister from October 31, 1984 to December 2, 1989.