Viacheslav Volodin
Volodin
Vyacheslav Victorovich
The Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the eighth convocation. Elected in single mandate constituency № 163 (Saratov constituency - Saratov Oblast)
and members of the State Duma
delegation paid tribute to the memory of the leader of the Indian people in the struggle for the independence Mahatma Gandhi and laid a wreath at the place
where he was cremated.
The Chairman of the State Duma also made a note in the Book of Honorable Guests.
“Mahatma Gandhi called on all of us to build relationships based on the principles of friendship, trust, justice and peaceful coexistence. It is necessary to do everything to preserve world peace, to address global challenges and threats together,” wrote the Chairman of the State Duma.
The Mahatma Gandhi Cremation Memorial — Raj Ghat — is located near the Yamuna River. On the marble slab is inscribed by the last words of Mahatma Gandhi, assassinated by the members of the Hindu chauvinist organization in 1948, — “Hey Ram” (Oh, God!)..
Raj Ghat is a place of mass pilgrimage for Indians.