New Delhi, April 17 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid tributes to former Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar on his birth anniversary and remembered him for “welfare of the downtrodden and marginalised.” “Chandra Shekhar Ji was a towering personality who was widely admired for his commitment to democratic values and efforts to remove poverty. He always worked for the welfare of the downtrodden and marginalised. Tributes to his on his birth anniversary,” the Prime Minister said on Twitter. Former Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar served as the PM from November 10, 1990 to June 21, 1991. Late Chandra Shekhar’s son and Rajya Sabha Member Neeraj Shekhar recently praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said, in a series of tweets, that “Modi is a true statesman above party lines.” ASU GNK