Nehru not being named in president’s Independence Day speech part of campaign to erase him: Congress
In her address on Wednesday, President Droupadi Murmu had mentioned Sardar Patel, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and BR Ambedkar, among others.
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The Congress on Thursday objected to former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru not being listed among the leaders of the freedom movement mentioned in President Droupadi Murmu’s Independence Day address, claiming it was part of a campaign to erase him from history.
In her address on Wednesday, Murmu said that “patriotic and brave souls took immense risks and made supreme sacrifices” to secure freedom for the country from British rule. “Different traditions and values that had continued to live on beneath the surface found new expressions in several generations of great leaders,” the president said.
“Unifying the diversity of traditions and their expressions was Mahatma Gandhi, Father of the Nation and our lodestar,” she said. “Alongside, there were great leaders like Sardar Patel, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and Babasaheb Ambedkar as well as Bhagat Singh, Chandrashekhar Azad and many others.”
On Thursday, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said that besides delivering the “tryst with destiny” speech at midnight on August 14, 1947, Nehru had also addressed the nation through the radio on August 15, 1947, and printed a message in the newspapers that morning.
This was also the day when 14 ministers, including Ambedkar and Patel, were sworn in, he added.
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