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Sonia not celebrating b'day to pay tribute to Mumbai victims

by sheshank | December 9, 2008 at 12:54 am

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congress president sonia gandhi is not celebrating her birthday this year , she is expressing her sympathy towards the people who had lost there life and for those soldiers who gave up there life to save the motherland.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi turned 62 on Tuesday but it was a subdued affair as she did not celebrate her birthday as a mark of tribute to the victims of Mumbai terror strikes.

The party had last week said that Gandhi will not celebrate her 62nd birthday and also asked party workers not to visit her today.

However, Home Minister P Chidambaram and Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi were among the first to visit Gandhi to wish her.

Party workers gathered at Gandhi's 10, Janpath residence in New Delhi, but there was no celebration as they queued up silently to greet their leader