The 20th Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award was presented today to D.R. Mehta, the founder and Chief Patron of the organization that popularised the Jaipur Foot, for his outstanding contribution towards the promotion of communal harmony, peace and goodwill. The function was organised on the eve of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's 68th birth anniversary on Monday.

Speaking on the occasion, the UPA Chairperson and Congress President Mrs Sonia Gandhi expressed serious concern over violent incidents in Assam. She stressed that the guilty must be brought to book. Asking the Centre and States to come together and take firm action against such elements, Mrs Gandhi said that the need of the hour is that people should come together against such evil designs.

Addressing the gathering, the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh said, Non-Governmental organisations should join hands with the Government in implementing social welfare schemes, so that the dreams of Late Rajiv Gandhi can be realised.