Problems started with Nehru's 1947 speech from Red Fort: MP Minister on inflation

A BJP minister in Madhya Pradesh remarked that the economy began to deteriorate with the “mistakes” of Jawaharlal Nehru's speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort on August 15, 1947.

A BJP minister in Madhya Pradesh on Saturday said the problem of inflation does not arise “in a day or two”, and the economy began to go downhill with the “mistakes” of Jawaharlal Nehru's speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort on August 15, 1947. Minister for Medical Education Vishvas Sarang was reacting to a planned protest by the Congress over rising prices and other issues.