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In a scathing attack CPP Chairperson Sonia Gandhi has alleged that the project to vilify Jawaharlal Nehru is the main objective of the ruling dispensation not just to “erase him” but to “destroy” his social and political foundations.
Sonia made thse remarks according to media reports, while addressing an event to launch the Nehru Centre India at Jawahar Bhawan, the Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson claimed that a systematic attempt is being made to denigrate, distort, demean and defame him, which was not acceptable.
She also said the sole objective of this is to not only diminish Nehru as a personality but also his universally recognised role in India’s independence struggle and to demolish his legacy in a crude and self-serving attempt to rewrite history.
“Let there be no doubt whatsoever that the project to vilify Jawaharlal Nehru is the main objective of the ruling establishment today. Their goal is not just to erase him; it is actually to destroy the social, political, and economic foundations on which our nation has been founded and built,” Gandhi said.
She noted that Nehru was the prime architect of the modern Indian nation-state, he had a steadfast belief in planned economic growth and a profound commitment to the development of scientific temper alongside the development of scientific and technological capabilities.
“To him, secularism — in which he firmly believed — meant above all the celebration of India’s many diversities while strengthening its fundamental unity,” she said.
Noting that his legacy continues to shape our everyday lives, the Congress leader said decades have gone by since his time, but he continues to serve as a beacon of light to millions of our countrymen and women.
“It is inevitable that such a monumental figure will have his life and work analysed and critiqued – and that is indeed as it should be,” she observed.
