Self obsessed government trivialising sacrifices of freedom fighters: Sonia Gandhi

India

oi-Vicky Nanjappa

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”.

First
time
since
Independence,
Tricolour
hoisted
at
Idgah
Maidan
in
Bengaluru

“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.

I-Day
2022:
PM
Modi
says
Tribal
freedom
fighters
kept
struggle
for
Independence
alive
in
every
corner

“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.