Self-obsessed authorities hell-bent on trivialising freedom fighters’ sacrifices: Sonia Gandhi

By Agencies

NEW DELHI: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday alleged {that a} “self-obsessed” authorities is hell-bent on “trivialising” the sacrifices of freedom fighters and the celebration will strongly oppose such makes an attempt made for political good points.

Gandhi’s assault got here a day after the BJP launched a video narrating its model of occasions that led to India’s partition in 1947 by which it tangentially accused the highest Congress management on the time and confirmed footage of Jawaharlal Nehru and Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

The Congress had additionally taken a powerful exception to the exclusion of India’s first prime minister Nehru within the Karnataka authorities’s newspaper commercial on freedom fighters and termed the BJP motion “pathetic”.

“Friends, we have achieved a great deal in the last 75 years, but today’s self-obsessed government is bent on trivialising the great sacrifices of our freedom fighters and the glorious achievements of the country, which can never be accepted,” Gandhi mentioned in her message on India’s 76th Independence Day.

“The Congress will strongly oppose any misrepresentation of historical facts and every attempt to put great leaders like Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, and Abul Kalam Azad in the dock based on falsehood for “political good points”, she mentioned.

Sonia Gandhi mentioned that within the final 75 years, India has left an indelible mark on the worldwide enviornment in all fields together with science, training, well being and data know-how via the onerous work of its proficient folks.

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“Under the leadership of its visionary leaders, while on one hand, India established a free, fair and transparent election system, on the other, it strengthened democracy and constitutional institutions,” the Congress chief mentioned.

Along with this, India has made its id as a number one nation that has all the time lived as much as pluralism in language, faith and sect, she added.

Meanwhile, the Congress celebration had organised a tricolour rally Monday — Azadi Gaurav Yatra — which originated from its central headquarters within the nationwide capital. It noticed the participation of Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra amongst different leaders.

“The streets of Delhi today experienced Gaurav Yatra of India’s independence. This was the vow of Congressmen who came out with tricolour in their hands – they had achieved freedom, now they will also save it,” the Congress celebration tweeted in Hindi after the Tricolour rally.

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(With PTI and ANI inputs)

NEW DELHI: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday alleged {that a} “self-obsessed” authorities is hell-bent on “trivialising” the sacrifices of freedom fighters and the celebration will strongly oppose such makes an attempt made for political good points.

Gandhi’s assault got here a day after the BJP launched a video narrating its model of occasions that led to India’s partition in 1947 by which it tangentially accused the highest Congress management on the time and confirmed footage of Jawaharlal Nehru and Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

The Congress had additionally taken a powerful exception to the exclusion of India’s first prime minister Nehru within the Karnataka authorities’s newspaper commercial on freedom fighters and termed the BJP motion “pathetic”.

“Friends, we have achieved a great deal in the last 75 years, but today’s self-obsessed government is bent on trivialising the great sacrifices of our freedom fighters and the glorious achievements of the country, which can never be accepted,” Gandhi mentioned in her message on India’s 76th Independence Day.

“The Congress will strongly oppose any misrepresentation of historical facts and every attempt to put great leaders like Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, and Abul Kalam Azad in the dock based on falsehood for “political good points”, she mentioned.

Sonia Gandhi mentioned that within the final 75 years, India has left an indelible mark on the worldwide enviornment in all fields together with science, training, well being and data know-how via the onerous work of its proficient folks.

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“Under the leadership of its visionary leaders, while on one hand, India established a free, fair and transparent election system, on the other, it strengthened democracy and constitutional institutions,” the Congress chief mentioned.

Along with this, India has made its id as a number one nation that has all the time lived as much as pluralism in language, faith and sect, she added.

Meanwhile, the Congress celebration had organised a tricolour rally Monday — Azadi Gaurav Yatra — which originated from its central headquarters within the nationwide capital. It noticed the participation of Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra amongst different leaders.

“The streets of Delhi today experienced Gaurav Yatra of India’s independence. This was the vow of Congressmen who came out with tricolour in their hands – they had achieved freedom, now they will also save it,” the Congress celebration tweeted in Hindi after the Tricolour rally.

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(With PTI and ANI inputs)