New Delhi: Congress leader Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday paid glowing tributes to her mother-in-law Indira Gandhi, referring to her as a leader “with a compassionate heart, a deep love for her people, a fierce commitment to human rights and an unflinching faith in non-violence”.

“As India’s first and only woman Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi reshaped our country with her policies dedicated to ameliorating poverty, deprivation, conflict and inequality,” said the Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson.

She recalled the former Prime Minister’s contributions while presenting the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development 2024 to Michelle Bachelet, former President of Chile and the United Nations’ ex-High Commissioner for Human Rights, at a programme in Delhi.

The award, institu

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