Congress Remembers Jawaharlal Nehru On His Birth Anniversary (image: twitter.com/azharflicks)
As nation celebrates 134th birth anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of independent India, tributes are pouring in from all corners.
Remembering Mr Nehru, his great grand-son and senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi wrote on social media platform X: “Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru is a thought – of freedom, progress, justice.” He then added that mother India needs these values of “her “Jawahar of Hind, like an ideology, in every heart.”
पंडित जवाहर लाल नेहरू एक सोच हैं – स्वतंत्रता की, प्रगति की, न्याय की।
भारत माता को आज अपने “हिंद के जवाहर” के इन्हीं मूल्यों की ज़रूरत है, एक विचारधारा की तरह, हर दिल में। pic.twitter.com/0XiCBxDeiO
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) November 14, 2023
In his post on X, Congress Chief Mallikarjun Kharge referred to him as “the prime architect of modern India.” He said that in Mr Nehru”s understanding a Democratic structure alone could provide space to different cultural, political and socio-economic trends to express themselves and could hold India together.
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was the prime architect of modern India.
In his understanding, only a Democratic structure which gave space to various cultural, political, and socio-economic trends to express themselves could hold India together.
Today, as we gather in Shanti Van, to… pic.twitter.com/SMGpvEWx7a
— Mallikarjun Kharge (@kharge) November 14, 2023
He shared photos of him paying respects to Mr Nehru at the Central Hall of the old Parliament and Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi was also with him. Adding further, Mr Kharge said: “Today, as we gather in Shanti Van, to pay our revered tributes to him, we must preserve, protect and defend India”s Constitution and our long-cherished Democratic institutions and principles — his enduring legacy.”
Taking to X, Congress General Secretary (Communications) Jairam Ramesh expressed that Mr Nehru is the “”gentle colossus” who shaped 20th century India so very decisively.” Mr Ramesh took a jibe at Prime Minister Modi and BJP and said that Mr Nehru”s legacy carry on and resonate in number of ways, despite “self-styled Vishwaguru and his drum-beaters do their worst to deny his monumental contributions and distort, damage, denigrate, demean and defame him.”
Today is the 134th birth anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru, the ‘gentle colossus’ who shaped 20th century India so very decisively. His legacy lives on and he continues to resonate in numerous ways, even as the self-styled Vishwaguru and his drum-beaters do their worst to deny his… pic.twitter.com/GvP4j1kJxG
— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) November 14, 2023
In the context of India”s stupendous performance in the ongoing Cricket World Cup, Senior Congress leader recalled Mr Nehru as a cricketer. In September 1953, he played two-day match to raise funds for flood relief in different states, and was on the field throughout. Mr Nehru also made few minutes time to speak on the radio about the the game. Later, he also acted as an auctioneer selling off cricket bats and score books presented to him in November 1948 by the West Indies and Indian cricket teams who played a test match in Delhi and also by the Commonwealth and Indian cricket teams that had played a test match in February 1951 in Kanpur, he wrote on X.
He then shared the print formats of speeches Mr Nehru gave during both occasions. Along with this, photos of Mr Nehru in Cricket uniform, on cricket field, and along with his team were also posted.
