Self obsessed government trivialising sacrifices of freedom fighters: Sonia Gandhi
New Delhi, Aug 15: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday alleged that a "self-obsessed" government is hell-bent on "trivialising" the sacrifices of freedom fighters and the party will strongly oppose such attempts made for political gains.
Gandhi's attack came a day after the BJP released a video narrating its version of events that led to India's partition in 1947 in which it tangentially accused the top Congress leadership at the time and showed pictures of Jawaharlal Nehru and Muhammad Ali Jinnah, a PTI report said.
The Congress had also taken a strong exception to the exclusion of India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru in the Karnataka government's newspaper advertisement on freedom fighters and termed the BJP action "pathetic".
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"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 said 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
gains",
she
said.
Sonia
Gandhi
said
that
in
the
last
75
years,
India
has
left
an
indelible
mark
on
the
international
arena
in
all
fields
including
science,
education,
health
and
information
technology
through
the
hard
work
of
its
talented
people.
"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 said.
Along with this, India has made its identity as a leading country that has always lived up to pluralism in language, religion and sect, she added.