Rajasthan
Unfair of Modi govt to belittle Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’s contribution: Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot | Jaipur News
JAIPUR: Chief minister Ashok Gehlot has condemned the absence of the photo of first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru from the poster released by Indian Council for Historical Research(ICHR) on the 75the year Independence Day (Amrut Mahotsav) celebrations. He said such a step was not only condemnable, but shows the pettiness of the central government. He added that Nehru was sent to jail nine times and spent almost nine years (3,259 days) in incarceration.
He said Vinayak Damodhar Savarkar started seeking apology from the British within a year of his incarceration and sought apology six times and started working as an agent of the British after being set free while Pandit Nehru stood with steely resolve and realised his dream of Independence till the end.
He said Nehru put forward the case of Indian Independence not only in the country, but to the world. Born in one of the most affluent families in the country, Nehru had denounced all luxuries to the cause of the country.
Gehlot said the whole family from Motilal Nehru to Indira Gandhi made stellar contributions to the freedom movement and Independence of the country. Nehru’s father Motilal Nehru had given away his home Anand Bhawan for the revolutionaries. Besides, he had formed a party named Swaraj Party to advance the cause of Independence.
Gehlot said it was unfair on the part of the Modi government to belittle the contribution of Nehru, who had left his home and hearth for the cause of freedom.
Gehlot pointed out that when the British filed criminal cases on three commanders (Prem Sahgal, Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon and Shah Nawaz Khan ) of the Indian National Army (INA) of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, it was Nehru who formed defence committees and run a campaign against the British. Gehlot said Nehru along with other lawyers fought their case and saved them from the gallows.
He said Savarkar had recruited Indians in the British army to fight the Azad Hind Fauz. He said traitors like Savarkar being given the status of freedom fighter is an insult to all freedom fighters.
The Modi government will be taught a lesson in due course on its attempt to undermine the contribution of Pandit Nehru, who devoted his body, mind, wealth and life to fight the freedom struggle of the country and lay the foundation of modern India.
He said Vinayak Damodhar Savarkar started seeking apology from the British within a year of his incarceration and sought apology six times and started working as an agent of the British after being set free while Pandit Nehru stood with steely resolve and realised his dream of Independence till the end.
He said Nehru put forward the case of Indian Independence not only in the country, but to the world. Born in one of the most affluent families in the country, Nehru had denounced all luxuries to the cause of the country.
Gehlot said the whole family from Motilal Nehru to Indira Gandhi made stellar contributions to the freedom movement and Independence of the country. Nehru’s father Motilal Nehru had given away his home Anand Bhawan for the revolutionaries. Besides, he had formed a party named Swaraj Party to advance the cause of Independence.
Gehlot said it was unfair on the part of the Modi government to belittle the contribution of Nehru, who had left his home and hearth for the cause of freedom.
Gehlot pointed out that when the British filed criminal cases on three commanders (Prem Sahgal, Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon and Shah Nawaz Khan ) of the Indian National Army (INA) of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, it was Nehru who formed defence committees and run a campaign against the British. Gehlot said Nehru along with other lawyers fought their case and saved them from the gallows.
He said Savarkar had recruited Indians in the British army to fight the Azad Hind Fauz. He said traitors like Savarkar being given the status of freedom fighter is an insult to all freedom fighters.
The Modi government will be taught a lesson in due course on its attempt to undermine the contribution of Pandit Nehru, who devoted his body, mind, wealth and life to fight the freedom struggle of the country and lay the foundation of modern India.
