Prayagraj,

27 May (HS): Rich and glowing tributes were paid to architect of modern

India and first Prime Minister Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru on 61st death

anniversary by the City Congress Committee members here on Tuesday morning at

Anand bhawan, the home of Nehrus. Partymen garland the portrait of Panditji and

pay homage.

“Nehru's legacy continues to be

felt 61 years later, in 2025. Nehru's

tremendous attempt to lift India out of what the British had left behind has

now been replaced by Indians being pulled back into the same muck and filth of

ignorance, obscurantism, disempowerment, unfreedom, and, most importantly,

communal hate. Nehru continues to have a

significant impact on most parts of current Indian discourse, including

politics, foreign policy, economic growth, secularism, caste issues, art, and

culture. This is because the current Indian political system, formed by Prime

Minister Narendra Modi and the Sangh parivar to which he belongs, has made him

the target of ridicule and holds him personally responsible for everything that

is now wrong in India,” said senior Congress leader Shekhar Bahuguna.

On this occasion in a shradhanjali sabha,

City President Fuzail Hashmi said that Nehru was creator of modern India he was

the symbol of world peace and strengthened Country on economic issues. Partymen

said Nehru was the leader of non-aligned movement and panchsheel formula who

established the basic infrastructure of the Country in his golden 17 years tenure.

The Co-ordinator Rajan Dubey said beside Nehru's life and work has weakend in

the recent years in our country drowned out by misrepresrntaion and distortion.

Yet the ideas and values that he promoted are more relevant. The sabha was

conducted by UPCC former spokesman Kishore Varshney.

Later they also garlanded the

statue of Nehru at Balson Crossing and recalled his contribution to nation

building. Co-ordinator Harikesh Tripathi, secretary Mukund Tiwari, Ashfaq

Ahmed, Rajesh Rakesh, Sanjay Tiwari, Mahesh Tripathi, Parvez SiddiquI , Anoop

Tripathi, Arshad Ali, Manas Shukla, Parvez Ansari , Sharad Upadhyay, Nafees Anwar, Irshad Ullah, Javed Urfi, Dr

Jagat Bahadur , Manoj Passi, Rakesh

Patel, Pratima Tripathi and others were present.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi