Attempt to distort history, Nehru intervened in Goa at right time, says P Chidambaram on PM Modi’s criticism

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Friday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s analysis that Goa’s freedom was deferred because of Jawaharlal Nehru was “attempt to distort history” and attested that India’s first PM mediated with flawless timing to free Goa.

In a meeting with PTI, Chidambaram likewise focused on that no Congress MLA chose in the forthcoming get together surveys can be poached by the BJP in Goa this time, saying “our home is very much monitored” and however the “criminal” is as yet out there, individuals “will show him something new”.

He said that as time passes, it is becoming more clear to the electors that they need to pick either the BJP or the Congress and “little gatherings” like the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) are “parting” the non-BJP votes.

Chidambaram additionally said that reporting a boss pastoral competitor is “not an element” in this political decision.

Gotten some information about Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s new analysis that Goa’s freedom was deferred in light of Nehru, he said this is another “frantic endeavor to misshape and change history”.

“Mr Modi and Mr Shah don’t have the foggiest idea about the historical backdrop of the world post World War II. They don’t have the foggiest idea about the historical backdrop of post-Independence India, particularly the early years 1947-1960. They don’t have the foggiest idea how deftly Jawaharlal Nehru controlled India to a position where India turned into a hero of harmony and the recognized head of the Non-Aligned Movement,” Chidambaram said.

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Nehru interceded with perfect timing to free Goa and for that reason not a solitary voice was raised against the tactical activity, he said.

What’s more Nehru followed up the freedom by offering the Goan individuals an assessment of public sentiment to conclude their future, he said.

“On account of Nehru and the assessment of public sentiment, Goa today is the thing it is – a free state. Anything Mr Modi and Mr Shah might say, and anyway history is looked to be misshaped, individuals of Goa will continuously recall the incredible commitment of Nehru,” Chidambaram affirmed.

Tending to a political decision rally in Goa on Thursday, Modi said assuming that Nehru needed, Goa might have been freed “in practically no time” in 1947 when India achieved autonomy, yet it required 15 years for the state to be liberated from Portuguese rule. Shah had additionally made comparative charges as of late.

Goa, freed from Portuguese rule on December 19, 1961, was a piece of the Union Territory of Goa, Daman and Diu till May 30, 1987, when it was cut out as a different state.

Inquired as to whether the chance of a rehash of what occurred in the current gathering as far as Congress MLAs exchanging loyalties has been precluded and party is presently “poaching-verification”, Chidambaram said there is positively no inquiry that any Congress MLA can be poached by the BJP this time.

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“Our home is all around watched. We know the ‘hoodlum’ is as yet out there, yet individuals of Goa will show him something new this time. Our enticement for individuals of Goa is to give the Congress-GFP an unmistakable command with a basic larger part or more,” he said. PTI