The BJP is favorable to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi than her father Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, as she was once steeped within the Upanishads and Vedas, senior Congress chief Jairam Ramesh mentioned as of late.
Ms. Gandhi would broadly quote from the traditional scriptures in public speeches and Pandit Nehru would additionally achieve this, however, he was once cautious about his “public display of religiosity”.Mr.Ramesh added.
The former Union minister was once talking on ‘Remembering Indira Commemorating Her Centenary” on the Tata Litfest 2017 right here.
“One is she did what she did in 1971, she dismantled Pakistan (leading to the creation of Bangladesh) and secondly… she was publicly willing to demonstrate the fact that she was steeped in the Upanishads, the Rig Vedas. In every speech of hers, she quoted from the Atharva Veda, or from the Aranyaka Upanishad,” he mentioned.
“You requested me the query – why is the BJP extra Indira Gandhi-friendly than Nehru-friendly? There are two causes at the back of it.
Mr. Ramesh mentioned the rustic’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru would additionally quote spiritual texts in speeches, however, would watch out about his public show of religiosity.
He said that, Indira was in Stockholm in 1972 (for a UN conference on environment) when she finished her most famous speech with a long quotation from the Atharva Veda. She was always quoting some Sanskrit shlokas.
Former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram and different diplomats had been additionally a part of the dialogue.
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