Asking who in India makes use of their maternal grandfather`s surname, the Congress on Friday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his feedback at the Gandhis now no longer the usage of the Nehru call and stated he would not have the fundamental know-how of Indian subculture. “Only god can keep the country,” AICC fashionable secretary Randeep Surjewala advised newshounds an afternoon after PM Modi, in a speech withinside the Rajya Sabha, requested why the Gandhis had been ashamed of the usage of the Nehru surname.
“Someone who’s sitting on this kind of accountable function does now no longer understand or apprehend the subculture of India…will communicate like this…. You can ask any individual withinside the country, who makes use of maternal grandfather’s surname?” Mr Surjewala advised a press convention on the celebration headquarters withinside the presence of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge.
“If he does now no longer actually have this fundamental know-how of India’s subculture, then handiest God can keep this country,” Mr Surjewala stated. In his speech withinside the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, Prime Minister Modi centered the Congress which has criticised the authorities for ignoring Jawaharlal Nehru’s efforts in nation-building.
“…if Nehru ji’s call is omitted through us, we’d accurate our mistake as he turned into the primary top minister of the country. But I do now no longer apprehend why every body from his extended family is scared of retaining Nehru surname? Is there any disgrace in having the Nehru surname? What is the disgrace? When the own circle of relatives isn’t equipped to just accept this kind of high-quality personality, why do you maintain wondering us,” he stated.
The top minister additionally criticised Nehru and previous top minister Indira Gandhi for time and again the usage of Article 356 of the Constitution to topple nation governments led through non-Congress parties.
