Sonia Gandhi slams politics of hate, divisive ideology

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, December 28

Congress president Sonia Gandhi today said the “divisive ideologies anchored in hate and prejudice were weakening” the foundation of a strong India laid by her party’s stalwarts over the years. In a video message to Congress workers on the party’s 137th Foundation Day, Sonia said, “History is being falsified and detestable efforts are being made to erase the ‘Ganga-Jamuni’ culture of the country.”

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Asserting that the Congress would neither remain a mute spectator nor allow anybody to “destroy” the country’s rich heritage, she said, “Divisive ideologies anchored in hate and prejudice, which had no role to play in our freedom movement, are now wreaking havoc on the secular fabric of our society.” Sonia’s remarks come at a time when a section of fringe Hindu religious leaders have hurled abuses at Mahatma Gandhi and hailed his assassin Nathuram Godse as the “symbol of truth and religion”.

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“They are rewriting history to give themselves a role they do not deserve. They inflame passions, instil fear and spread animosity. The finest traditions of our parliamentary democracy are being deliberately damaged,” she said. Meanwhile, the Congress flag fell off the pole as Sonia Gandhi tried to unfurl it at the AICC headquarters.

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