‘Govt. out to destroy Nehru’s legacy’
10 years, 4 months ago

‘Govt. out to destroy Nehru’s legacy’

The Hindu  

Launching a sharp attack on the Narendra Modi government, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday said his administration was an entity “operated by angry men” and “led by communal forces.” The government’s objective, she charged at a Congress function to commemorate the 125th birth anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru here, was to “destroy his legacy” by targeting the secular fabric of India. “His vision was liberal, democratic and aimed at the creation and consolidation of a united India,” Ms. Gandhi said while addressing thousands of Congress activists at the Talkatora stadium. Every Congress worker must unite and ensure that we fight all those divisive forces, bearing different colours and hues, tooth and nail to preserve the secular ideology that was Nehru's and was Nehru himself,” Ms. Gandhi said, invoking Nehruvian Nationalism. Nehru’s contributions Earlier, speaking at the 125th birth anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru at the Talkatora Stadium here, Congress president Sonia Gandhi said: “There is perhaps no field that he did not contribute to, no problem of the country that he did not try to find a solution for given his tremendous energy which aimed to forge a new united nation,” Ms. Gandhi said.

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