Overview
- At the launch of The Nehru Centre India in New Delhi, Sonia Gandhi claimed the ruling establishment is pursuing a project to denigrate Jawaharlal Nehru and to dismantle foundations she said he helped build.
- She argued the campaign stems from an ideology absent from the freedom struggle and Constitution-making, alleging it once fanned hatred that led to Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination and still glorifies his killers.
- Gandhi framed defending Nehru’s legacy as a commitment to restoring India’s constitutional promise and safeguarding reason from propaganda.
- The Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund unveiled a free, fully searchable digital archive of 100 published volumes of Nehru’s selected works at nehruarchive.in, accessible on smartphones.
- Responding on Saturday, BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia rejected Gandhi’s charge and accused Nehru of 'historic blunders,' citing Article 370 and alleged territorial losses to Pakistan and China, and he demanded answers on these claims.