United progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson sonia Gnadhi and congress president Rahul Gandhi paid floral tribute to Mahatma gandhi at Rajghat today ,on his 14 th birth anniversary .

The day also marks  the launch of 150th- anniversary celebrations of Mahatma Gandhi .

Paying homage to the father of the nation ,Rahul tweeted,”Gandhijii is not an immobile statue ,he is a living set of ideas and value flowing through India .Truth and non-violence ,which he lived for and was killed for,are the foundation of our country .True patriots must protect them.”

Earlier in the day ,President Ram Nath Kovind ,Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid floral tribute to Mahatam Gandhi.