Congress fumes even as PM Narendra Modi talks of Indira Gandhi
'The way Mr Modi marked Indira Gandhi’s death anniversary was disgusting and petty-minded'
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2014-11-01 02:55 GMT
New Delhi: The Prime Minister’s tacit to move to bring down the domination of the Nehru-Gandhi legacy was not lost on the Congress, which fumed and said the way Mr Modi marked Indira Gandhi’s death anniversary was “disgusting” and “petty-minded”.
The BJP countered by saying that the Congress preferred to see history through the “perspective” of the Nehru-Gandhi family. Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar, whose remark calling Mr Modi a “chaiwallah” had boomeranged badly on his party, remained unfazed and, speaking to a television channel, he called Mr Modi a “thief trying to steal the Congress’ legacy”.
Seething about the eclipsing of Indira Gandhi’s death anniversary, Congress leaders suddenly woke up to claim Sardar Patel’s legacy. Congress leaders appeared one after the other on television channels claiming Patel “as our own”.
Noting that Sardar Patel’s birth anniversary was also the death anniversary of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, Mr Modi said it “is a misfortune of this country that 30 years ago, on the birth anniversary of such a leader, an incident took place which shook the unity of the nation.”