JAMMU, MAY 27: The first Prime Minister of the country, and Architect of Modern India Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru was remembered on his 61st death Anniversary in a function today at Congress headquarters Jammu which was chaired by PCC President Tariq Hameed Karra and attended by working president Raman Bhalla besides several senior leaders, former ministers, former legislators, and party functionaries of PCC, DCC, Blocks and Frontal organisations.
Paying floral tributes to the Architect of Modern India, great freedom fighter and stalwart of international repute JKPCC President Karra said that the entire world is impressed by the philosophy of Nehru apart from Mahatma Gandhi and try to follow and respect him in many ways but unfortunately there are forces who are scared of his philosophy and ideology and use every occasion to erode his contribution and achievements and sacrifices for the nation.
Karra said that Mahatma Gandhi, Pandit Nehru and Congress opposed and resisted the division of the country but those opportunist force having radical ideology led to the division of the country, where as those very had forces joined hands with Muslim league of Jinnah for sharing power in various states, before the partition thus strengthened and endorsed the two nation theory of Jinnah’s Muslim league.
Karra further said that those very forces are now trying to be ultra nationalist and issuing sermons to the congress party and its leaders who fought sacrificed and suffered in jails in years together for the freedom of the country, Adding that Pandit Nehru was one of the stalwart of the freedom movement and suffered in jail for over 10 years.