Modi destroying Nehru’s legacy: Cong
15 Nov 2014 5:27 AM IST
The Congress leadership raised issues of language, communal tension and usurping credits while initiating a fusillade against the central government.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice-president Rahul Gandhi, unlined the fact that attack on Nehru was not on any individual but on ideology. The party leaders talked in the terms of ‘politics of love’ being replaced by ‘politics of anger’.
‘This is the only country which won its war of independence with love. Today India is ruled by people who are angry. They say we have to promote Hindi, not English,’ said Rahul Gandhi adding, ‘After the British left, leaders like Nehru did not allow English to go away. Nehru said we must be connected to the world. The British have left but we must draw benefits from their language. If we had removed English, then there would be no IIT, no I-T. Our people would not have achieved so much in the US.’
The Congress on Thursday kick-started a series of commemorative events to mark the 125th birth anniversary of Nehru. The well-attended function at Talkatora began with former Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit administering a pledge to all present to uphold Nehru’s legacy. Endorsing Rahul’s line, Sonia Gandhi said that Nehru had always called for unity and love. ‘We will fight with tooth and nail against those forces who want to destroy the ideals and legacy of Pandit Nehru. We need to fight for the people, we need to create a people’s movement to fight for the ideals of Pandit Nehru,’ she said.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice-president Rahul Gandhi, unlined the fact that attack on Nehru was not on any individual but on ideology. The party leaders talked in the terms of ‘politics of love’ being replaced by ‘politics of anger’.
‘This is the only country which won its war of independence with love. Today India is ruled by people who are angry. They say we have to promote Hindi, not English,’ said Rahul Gandhi adding, ‘After the British left, leaders like Nehru did not allow English to go away. Nehru said we must be connected to the world. The British have left but we must draw benefits from their language. If we had removed English, then there would be no IIT, no I-T. Our people would not have achieved so much in the US.’
The Congress on Thursday kick-started a series of commemorative events to mark the 125th birth anniversary of Nehru. The well-attended function at Talkatora began with former Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit administering a pledge to all present to uphold Nehru’s legacy. Endorsing Rahul’s line, Sonia Gandhi said that Nehru had always called for unity and love. ‘We will fight with tooth and nail against those forces who want to destroy the ideals and legacy of Pandit Nehru. We need to fight for the people, we need to create a people’s movement to fight for the ideals of Pandit Nehru,’ she said.
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