Nehru believed in democracy not demagoguery: Congress pays tributes to India's first PM
The Hindu
Congress pays tributes to Nehru, highlighting his visionary leadership and invaluable contributions to modern India.
The Congress on Tuesday (May 27, 2025) paid rich tributes to India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru on his death anniversary and said he simply refuses to go away in spite of a systematic "6D effort" being made since 2014 to defame, distort, deny, denigrate, diminish, and demolish him and his legacy.
Paying tributes to Nehru, former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi asserted that Nehru laid a strong foundation of independent India with his visionary leadership.
Mr Gandhi said Nehru's contribution in the establishment of social justice, modernity, education, Constitution and democracy is invaluable.
Congress Parliamentary Party chief Sonia Gandhi paid floral tributes to Nehru at his memorial at Shanti Van in Delhi.
In a post in Hindi on X, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge shared a quote of Nehru that "Citizenship lies in serving the country".
“Humble tributes on the death anniversary of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru ji, who took India from zero to the top, the creator of modern India, the fearless guardian of democracy, who made India develop in scientific, economic, industrial and various fields, who constantly gave the message of ‘unity in diversity’ to the country, our source of inspiration,” Mr Kharge said.
He said the 21st century India cannot be imagined without the contribution of Nehru.
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