Among the utterances of the Independence Day speech of PM Narendra Modi, he mentioned gratitude worthy freedom fighters like Mahatma Gandhi, Jawahar Lal Nehru, Sardar Vallabbhai Patel, Abdul Kalam Azad and more. Within the array he also brought attention upon the unnoticed contributors such as Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Babasaheb Ambedkar, Mangal Pandey, Bhagat Singh, Chandrashekhar Azad and Ashfaq Ullah Khan. The PM was inclusive in his homage, including women and tribal radicals such as Bhagwan Birsa Munda, Rani Lakshmibai, Jhalkari Bai and more.
After witnessing the traditional Independence Day speech of the Prime Minister, Home minister Amit Shah applauded the same, implying its effect enough to inspire Indians to look toward a prosperous nation, or “Param Vaibhav Bharat”. He also reinforced light on the PM’s acknowledgement of women empowerment and ridding of corruption as benchmarks to be focused upon. Defence minister Rajnath Singh congratulated the PM for instilling an awareness of a self-reliant India, along with Union minister Piyush Goyal, calling the speech as “invigorating”.
On Wednesday, former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, general secretaries Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Jairam Ramesh and other party members displayed a picture of long deceased Congressman pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru holding a tiranga in his hand. This action was implemented in honour of the upcoming Independence Day, which later turned into a jab at the BJP’s associate RSS. Ramesh, in his post, wrote if people whose headquarters in Nagpur never saw a flag hoisting in 54 years, would take this initiative or not. PM Narendra Modi, along with other party members also changed the pictures of social media to a tricolour.
