#SoniaGandhi on Monday greeting people on the 76th #IndependenceDay celebration says ‘Narcissistic’ govt ‘trivialising’ great sacrifices.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday greeted people on the occasion the of 76th Independence Day celebration and said the country has achieved much in the past 75 years due to which it has left an indelible mark on the international stage.
She also accused the BJP-led government at the Centre for “trivialising” the sacrifices of freedom fighters and said her party will fight any attempt to falsify history. In a message to the nation, the 75-year-old Congress chief said, “In last 75 years India has left an indelible mark on the international stage in areas like science, education, health and information technology through the hard work of its citizens.”
She also said with its visionary leadership, India launched an independent, impartial and transparent election system, and strengthened democracy and constitutional institutions. Along with this, India has made her proud identity as a leading country that has always lived up to the pluralistic test of language-religion-sect, the Congress chief added.
She criticized the government and said, “We have achieved much in the last 75 years, but today’s ‘narcissistic’ government is bent on ‘trivialising’ the great sacrifices of our freedom fighters and the glorious achievements of the country, which can never be accepted.”
The Congress president said, “Indian National Congress will strongly oppose any misrepresentation of historical facts for political gains and every attempt to put great national leaders like Gandhi-Nehru-Patel-Azad ji in the dock on the ground of falsity.
“I once again wish all the countrymen a very happy Independence Day and wish India a bright democratic future, she said. Former Congress president and MP Rahul Gandhi also took to Twitter and extended his warm wishes to the countrymen.
Sharing a message by his great grandfather and India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Rahul tweeted: “To India, our much-loved motherland, the ancient, the eternal and the ever-new, we pay our reverent homage and we bind ourselves afresh to her service.”
The Congress shared Prime Minister Jawarhal Nehru’s celebrated speech “India made a tryst with destiny” “75 years ago, this day, at the stroke of midnight, India made a tryst with destiny. A pact where all forces kneeled down before the valour of our forefathers, and gave us the freedom we enjoy today.
75 years ago, this day, at the stroke of midnight, India made a tryst with destiny.
A pact where all forces kneeled down before the valour of our forefathers, and gave us the freedom we enjoy today.#IndiaAt75 pic.twitter.com/pGCnJzwIg8
— Congress (@INCIndia) August 14, 2022
Azadi Gaurav March of Congress party in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
Azadi Gaurav March of Congress party in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. pic.twitter.com/j67FSswmYf
— Anshuman Sail (@AnshumanSail) August 15, 2022
Rahul Gandhi shared a vibrant video running the history of India: “To India, our much-loved motherland, the ancient, the eternal and the ever-new, we pay our reverent homage and we bind ourselves afresh to her service.”
Happy Independence Day! Jai Hind.
#IndiaAt75
स्वतंत्रता दिवस पर कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष श्रीमती सोनिया गांधी का संदेश।#IndiaAt75 pic.twitter.com/PduEihxQGv
— Congress (@INCIndia) August 15, 2022
कांग्रेस परिवार का सदस्य होने का मतलब है- आज़ादी की विरासत की रक्षा करना; देश को नहीं बंटने देना; नफरत की राजनीति का प्रतिकार करना- ये प्रतिज्ञा अडिग है हमारी।#IndiaAt75 pic.twitter.com/knHjU8Fjj6
— Congress (@INCIndia) August 15, 2022
Addressing the nation on Independence Day. https://t.co/HzQ54irhUa
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 15, 2022
Narendra Modi addresses the nation on Independence Day.
The air is rigid with tensions stirring between Prime Minister Modi of India and the Congres. In PM Modi’s speech, he said, “Those who looted the nation will have to return the loot, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in his Independence Day speech on Monday in a reference to opposition parties whose leaders have either been arrested or are being questioned by central agencies in corruption cases.
He spoke about the nepotism of Congress and in return, Congress shared memes of the nepotism of the BJP. Notably, the first prime minister of India, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru was left out of the list of freedom fighters in the BJP inventories of certain states.