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In an embarrassment to Congress, articles in its mouthpiece on day criticised Jawaharlal Nehru’s policy on Kashmir issue and alleged that Sonia Gandhi’s father was a “fascist soldier”, leaving the party squirming over the controversy on its Foundation Day.
An unsigned write-up in the Mumbai unit’s journal, coinciding with the party’s 131st foundation day, blamed Nehru for “the state of affairs in Kashmir, China and Tibet” even as another write-up made controversial remarks on party chief Sonia Gandhi, forcing its editor and Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam to order inquiry even as he claimed he was unaware of the content.
Both these articles, which do not bear the name of the writer, have been published in this month’s issue of ‘Congress Darshan’ Hindi edition as a tribute to the country’s first Home Minister Sardar Vallabbhai Patel on his death anniversary on December 15.
The article states that Nehru should have listened to Patel’s views on international affairs and that the relationship between the two leaders remained strained.
“Despite Patel getting the post of Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister, the relations between the two leaders remained strained, and both had threatened to resign time and again,” the article says.
If Nehru had embraced Patel’s foresight, many problems in international affairs would not have arisen, it adds.
“Sonia Gandhi’s father Stephano Maino was a former fascist soldier,” it alleged. The write-up also describes how Sonia quickly rose to the position of party president. “Sonia Gandhi registered as a primary member of the Congress in 1997 and became the party’s president in 62 days. She also made an unsuccessful attempt to form a government,” the article says. Mumbai Regional Congress Committee chief and editor of the journal Sanjay Nirupam said he is not involved in the day-to-day functioning of the magazine and was unaware of the articles.
On Congress’ foundation day, mouthpiece slams Nehru, Sonia; praises Sardar Patel | The Indian Express
An unsigned write-up in the Mumbai unit’s journal, coinciding with the party’s 131st foundation day, blamed Nehru for “the state of affairs in Kashmir, China and Tibet” even as another write-up made controversial remarks on party chief Sonia Gandhi, forcing its editor and Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam to order inquiry even as he claimed he was unaware of the content.
Both these articles, which do not bear the name of the writer, have been published in this month’s issue of ‘Congress Darshan’ Hindi edition as a tribute to the country’s first Home Minister Sardar Vallabbhai Patel on his death anniversary on December 15.
The article states that Nehru should have listened to Patel’s views on international affairs and that the relationship between the two leaders remained strained.
“Despite Patel getting the post of Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister, the relations between the two leaders remained strained, and both had threatened to resign time and again,” the article says.
If Nehru had embraced Patel’s foresight, many problems in international affairs would not have arisen, it adds.
“Sonia Gandhi’s father Stephano Maino was a former fascist soldier,” it alleged. The write-up also describes how Sonia quickly rose to the position of party president. “Sonia Gandhi registered as a primary member of the Congress in 1997 and became the party’s president in 62 days. She also made an unsuccessful attempt to form a government,” the article says. Mumbai Regional Congress Committee chief and editor of the journal Sanjay Nirupam said he is not involved in the day-to-day functioning of the magazine and was unaware of the articles.
On Congress’ foundation day, mouthpiece slams Nehru, Sonia; praises Sardar Patel | The Indian Express
