Kolkata, Aug 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee (WBPCC) on Sunday condemned the demolition of former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's statue in West Burdwan district's Durgapur and demanded it to be restored within 24 hours. The district Congress leadership alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) demolished the former Prime Minister's statue and threw it into the forest. They have warned the police that the statue must be replaced in its rightful place within 24 hours, otherwise the Congress will launch a big movement. However, local BJP MLA Chandra Sekhar Banerjee is unwilling to accept this allegation of the Congress.

Gabriel Murray's biography traces Nehru's journey from privileged Allahabad to India's first Prime Minister, examining the ideas, imprisonments, and contradictions that shaped modern India.

New Delhi, Sep 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh on Saturday sought to draw a striking historical parallel between the ongoing 18th BRICS summit here and the landmark 1955 Bandung Conference. In an X post, Ramesh shared an excerpt from the newly adopted BRICS New Delhi Declaration to place the current gathering firmly in the lineage of India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and other Afro-Asian leaders such as Egypt’s Gamal Abdel Nasser and Indonesia’s Sukarno. He noted that the Bandung Conference had brought together Asian and African nations determined to chart an independent course outside the competing Western and Soviet blocs, giving birth to the "Non-Aligned Movement".

“The problem of Palestine is thus essentially a nationalist one— a people struggling for independence against imperialist control and exploitation. It is not a racial or religious one.”

“The problem of Palestine is thus essentially a nationalist one— a people struggling for independence against imperialist control and exploitation. It is not a racial or religious one.”

New Delhi, June 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) Independent India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s private letters to the then Finance Minister John Mathai and West Bengal Chief Minister Bidhan Chandra Roy reveal an episode reflecting attempts at addressing issues more in the context of perceptions then historical significance and sensitivities. New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) Independent India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s private letters to the then Finance Minister John Mathai and West Bengal Chief Minister Bidhan Chandra Roy reveal an episode reflecting attempts at addressing issues more in the context of perceptions then historical significance and sensitivities.

Bengaluru, June 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda on Tuesday stated that PM Narendra Modi becoming the longest continuously serving democratically elected Prime Minister after surpassing the record of Jawaharlal Nehru reflects both the strength and evolution of Indian democracy, while crediting his leadership for what he described as uncompromising protection of national interest and sustained public support. In a detailed reflection in an article in 'The Times of India', Deve Gowda said PM Modi’s extended tenure surfaces Nehru’s record and demonstrates that Indian democracy has not only survived but has also thrived over time.

New Delhi, March 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a social media post amid the global fallout from the US-Israeli strikes that killed Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Amit Malviya has drawn a historical parallel to underscore the need for diplomatic restraint. ​ Malviya, who heads the BJP's National Information and Technology Department and co-incharges West Bengal operations, shared a quote from India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru regarding the execution of Hungarian revolutionary Imre Nagy in 1958.

New Delhi, Feb 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) With the Lok Sabha proceedings getting stalled over fierce exchanges between the government and Opposition, the bitterness and bad blood only seem to be intensifying, with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Nishikant Dubey making it a battle of books -- between unpublished and published ones. During his speech in Lok Sabha on Wednesday, the BJP MP referenced a couple of published books on former Prime Minister late Jawaharlal Nehru and Edwina Mountbatten and made damaging accusations.

New Delhi, Dec 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Former Prime Minister and JD-S Rajya Sabha member H.D. Deve Gowda lashed out at Congress on Monday over the allegation of ‘vote chori’, saying that the country was facing shortcomings in the electoral process even during the era of India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. “Even during Nehru’s time, there were certain shortcomings in the electoral system in our country,” said the former Prime Minister while participating in a debate on the ‘vote chori’ issue in the Rajya Sabha…

New Delhi, Dec 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha, J.P. Nadda, on Thursday revisited the Constituent Assembly’s deliberations on the national anthem, drawing a sharp distinction between the treatment accorded to Jana Gana Mana and Vande Mataram. Speaking during the ongoing debate on Vande Mataram, Nadda said that while the Assembly had set aside time to discuss and finalise Jana Gana Mana as the anthem, requests to extend similar consideration to Vande Mataram were not accepted.

New Delhi, Dec 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Rajya Sabha on Thursday witnessed a charged debate over the national song Vande Mataram, with Leader of the House J.P. Nadda asserting that former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru was responsible for altering the song under pressure from communal elements. Nadda described Vande Mataram as a mantra of unity, recalling that freedom fighter Khudiram Bose’s last words, “Vande Mataram”, before his execution were the stirring cry of the song.

New Delhi, Nov 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that Jawaharlal Nehru’s writings are not merely historical documents but a reflection of India’s evolving conscience. Gandhi made the remarks after the digitisation of 100 volumes of Nehru's selected works was completed. He said that he was glad this legacy is now open, searchable, and freely accessible to all, and noted that the archive will continue to expand.