CWC meet: Kharge slams BJP’s claims, says ‘Nehru and Patel were two sides of same coin’

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday strongly rebutted the BJP’s claims that Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel were rivals, emphasising that the two leaders shared a cordial relationship.

Speaking at the Extended Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting at the Sardar Patel National Memorial in Ahmedabad, Kharge asserted, “They conspired to show that the relationship between Sardar Patel and Pandit Nehru was such that the two heroes were against each other. While the truth is that they were two sides of the same coin. Many incidents and documents are witness to their cordial relationship.”

Kharge said that Sardar Patel’s ideology was contrary to the RSS’ ideas and he had even banned the organisation.

“But it is laughable that today the people of that organisation claim Sardar Patel’s legacy,” he said.

“Sardar Patel Saheb lives in our hearts, lives in our thoughts. We are taking his legacy forward. We have organised this CWC meeting in Ahmedabad at Sardar Patel Museum with this thought in mind. We pay our heartfelt tribute to him,” the Congress chief said.

He said three great personalities born on the land of Gujarat made the name of Congress famous all over the world.

Dada Bhai Naoroji, Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel – all of them were the Presidents of our Congress Party, he pointed out.

“Gandhi Ji gave us the weapon of truth and non-violence against injustice. This is such a strong ideological weapon that no power can stand in front of it,” Kharge said.

Kharge also said that today, attention is being diverted from the basic issues of the country by indulging in communal division.

On the other hand, Kharge accused the Oligarchic Monopoly of attempting to control the government by seizing the nation’s resources.

He alleged that members of the BJP and Sangh Parivar are taking control of institutions linked to Gandhiji and transferring them to his ideological opponents.

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