Congress remembers Indira Gandhi’s management amid Indo-Pak battle

Asserting it’s time to keep in mind Indira Gandhi’s management, the Congress on Sunday cited her motion in 1971 that led to the formation of Bangladesh when she remained undeterred by the US motion of sending a nuclear-powered naval job power within the Bay of Bengal.

Congress basic secretaries Jairam Ramesh and Sachin Pilot cited the 1971 incident, claiming that she went forward with the motion in nationwide curiosity regardless of being requested to not do something in Bangladesh.

“Now can also be the time to recall what occurred within the second week of Dec 1971, which is nicely documented. The Nixon-Kissinger duo despatched a nuclear-powered and nuclear-weapon succesful US naval job power of its Seventh Fleet led by the plane service USS Enterprise into the Bay of Bengal. Indira Gandhi was undeterred. Pakistan surrendered on Dec sixteenth, 1971,” Ramesh stated on X.

Pilot advised reporters on the get together headquarters right here that america had stated they may deploy the seventh fleet to the Bay of Bengal.

“Regardless of that, the then authorities and Indira Ji went forward and did what was in a supreme nationwide curiosity. We keep in mind them right now and that management was such the place nationwide curiosity was foremost,” he stated.

The Congress additionally remembered the previous prime minister on its social media handles, saying, “At present the nation misses the brave management of Indira Gandhi”.

The get together additionally highlighted some previous speeches of Indira Gandhi through the 1971 battle with Pakistan.

“A logo of unyielding power and unwavering braveness — Smt. Indira Gandhi,” the Congress stated in one of many posts.