Sonia Gandhi turns 66
The Congress workers distributed sweets on the occasion amid beating of drums and bursting of crackers. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and a number of Union ministers and senior party leaders had greeted Gandhi yesterday itself.
Members of the Congress Working Committee and Union ministers including Sushil Kumar Shinde, Beni Prasad Verma, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Kapil Sibal, Janardan Dwivedi and Motilal Vora had visited her 10 Janpath residence to greet Gandhi on Saturday evening.
Sources said Gandhi has some engagements today due which the leaders willing to meet her were given time yesterday itself.
A number of Chief Ministers and state Congress leaders including Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and his Andhra Pradesh counterpart Kiran Kumar Reddy wished her on the occasion.
PTI