Sonia Gandhi expresses concerns over incidents of communal hatred

Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday stated India’s historical past of unity in diversity was in hazard because of communal ideology and the “incidents of hatred” in the nation have been the result of the “deliberate conspiracy”. “The nation’s honour is at stake, as India’s superb historical past of unity in diversity is in hazard as a result of some communal ideology,” she said while addressing the twenty ninth ‘Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration’ function. The “incidents of hatred” have been impressed by the slender mindset, she stated including: “These haven’t come up all of the sudden however (are a) deliberate conspiracy,” said Sonia Gandhi.

Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi pay tribute to former PM Indira Gandhi on 31st death anniversary

Congress President Sonia Gandhi and party vice-president Rahul Gandhi paid tribute to former PM Indira Gandhi at Shakti Sthal on her 31st death anniversary. Indira Gandhi was killed by her Sikh bodyguards on October 31, 1984. Along with Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi, President Pranab Mukherjee, former PM Manmohan Singh and Vice President Hamid Ansari also paid tribute to Indira Gandhi.

Sonia Gandhi at the launch of first ever all-women-bank - the Bharatiya Mahila Bank

Prime minister Dr. Manmohan Singh inaugurated the nation's first all-women bank -- the Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB)- in Mumbai on Tuesday in the presence of Congress president and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, on the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Sonia Gandhi said that this was an appropriate tribute to the memory of Indira Gandhi on her birth anniversary. The Congress President also distributed the bank-kits to the first five account holders of the new bank.

Sonia Gandhi at the inauguration of the Bharatiya Mahila Bank

Prime minister Dr. Manmohan Singh inaugurated the nation's first all-women bank -- the Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB)- in Mumbai on Tuesday in the presence of Congress president and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, on the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Sonia Gandhi said that this was an appropriate tribute to the memory of Indira Gandhi on her birth anniversary. The Congress President also distributed the bank-kits to the first five account holders of the new bank.

Sonia Gandhi addresses the Indira Gandhi National Integration Award function

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Congress President and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi while speaking at the Indira Gandhi National Integration Award function in New Delhi hit out at the RSS and BJP indirectly. “There is a danger from some ideologies, organisations and people who want to divide us”, said the Congress President without naming anyone. The award was given to noted agriculture scientist M S Swaminathan. Sonia Gandhi further said, “We have always kept national unity as our top priority. .. We need to remember Indira Gandhi’s courage and her sentiments so that we can fight that fear with conviction.” She also lauded the public sector’s efforts that connected people of various regions in the country.

Sonia Gandhi warns against divisive forces at Indira Gandhi National Integration Award function

Congress President and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi while speaking at the Indira Gandhi National Integration Award function in New Delhi hit out at the RSS and BJP indirectly. “There is a danger from some ideologies, organisations and people who want to divide us”, said the Congress President without naming anyone. The award was given to noted agriculture scientist M S Swaminathan.

Sonia Gandhi further said, “We have always kept national unity as our top priority. We need to remember Indira Gandhi’s courage and her sentiments so that we can fight that fear with conviction.” She also lauded the public sector’s efforts that connected people of various regions in the country,
Sonia Gandhi also commented that not much attention is paid to uniting different parts of the country and their people these days. While referring the difficult times of 1960s when India had faced foodgrain shortage and had to import foodgrains, Sonia Gandhi praised Indira Gandhi’s efforts and the role of Swaminatahan in making India self-reliant in the agriculture sector. “During that time too, there were people who would criticise and find faults and there were people who would not have trust. But despite all this, it was achieved well,” said the Congress President.

Sonia Gandhi recalled that among the challenges of independent India in terms of national unity was of creation of modern economic situation and institutions with special emphasis on agriculture production and distribution and development of agriculture techniques. The Congress President also reminded that that when most of the states were facing famine, Indira Gandhi took a pledge to achieve self-reliance in foodgrains.

While addressing the function, Prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh recalled the late Prime Minister’s contribution in the social and economic development of the masses and said she wanted to take the benefits of development to weaker sections of the society. ““There is a need to follow the path shown by Indira Gandhi as never before. Today, in some parts of the country, attempts are being made to divide the society on the basis of religion, caste and communities,” Singh said.. He added that it would not be wrong to say that India could achieve the Green Revolution due to Indira Gandhi’s leadership and Swaminathan’s efforts. “It was based on this foundation that today we have been able to bring in Food Security Act,” he said, referring to the legislation.

In his award acceptance speech, Dr. Swaminathan said when India had to import 10 million tonnes of foodgrain, Indira Gandhi planned creating a foodgrain reserve of the same quantity. He said food security helped India achieve an independent foreign policy. He said India’s help to people from the then East Pakistan and the nuclear testing were a result of its confidence it achieved through food security.

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Remembering Indira Gandhi on her 29th death anniversary

"I don't mind if my life goes in the service of the nation. If I die today every drop of my blood will invigorate the nation". In these last words of Indira Gandhi, India’s former Prime Minister, there was courage, belief and faith.

Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi, who served as the Prime Minister of India for three consecutive terms (1966-77) and a fourth term (1980-84) was assassinated on 31 October in 1984. The assassination which changed the history of India was said to have been motivated by Operation Blue Star, an attack on Sikh separatists holed up in Golden Temple complex in Amritsar.

At twelve years of age, Indira Priyadarshini became the leader of a children’s group, whose purpose was to help end British control in India. In 1938, she joined the Indian National Congress Party, something she always longed to do. In 1942, she married Feroze Gandhi. Soon after the couple was married, they were sent to prison on charges of subversion by the British.

Noted for her charismatic authority and political astuteness, Indira Gandhi adhered to the progressive policies of industrial development that were begun by her father, Jawaharlal Nehru, who became the Prime Minister after India won its independence in 1947. As a minister, Indira Gandhi encouraged and started a family planning program. She also promoted the views of Nehru to establish India’s stability and security interests as independent from those of the nuclear superpowers, by authorizing the development of nuclear weapons in 1967.

On the international plane too she left her distinct imprint whether as the chairperson of the Non-Aligned Movement or as a champion of environmental protection at various global fora. In all such activities she came in direct conflict with international vested interests entrenched in the West. She was intensely disliked by the prevailing leaderships of the US under Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan who held her in profound distrust. She endeared herself to almost all the prominent leaders of the newly independent developing states of Africa, Latin America and the Arab world.

She was also the leader who transformed India’s chronic food shortages into surplus production of wheat, rice, cotton and milk through the Green Revolution. On Nehru’s death in 1964, Indira Gandhi was elected to Parliament in his place. After acting as Minister of Information and Broadcasting (1964-6), Indira Gandhi became Prime Minister on the death of Lal Shastri in 1966. In 1971, her popularity made her win again by an enormous margin. The second female in the world to hold the office of prime minister, after Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka, Indira Gandhi remains the world’s second longest serving female Prime Minister as of 2011.

Indira Gandhi is today best remembered for her ”Garibi Hatao” slogan during the fifth general elections in March 1971, the successful leadership during the 1971 war against Pakistan, the nationalization of all banks in the country in 1969, the ‘Green Revolution’ under her leadership, and the Lenin Peace Prize (for 1983-84) and as  India’s first women Prime Minister.

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Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi at 24 Akbar Road to pay tribute to Indira Gandhi

Indian on Thursday fondly remembered the former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her 29th death anniversary. Congress President Sonia Gandhi and party Vice President Rahul Gandhi were present in the function at 24 Akbar Road to pay tribute to the departed leader. Earlier, President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress President Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi paid floral tributes to the late leader at her memorial 'Shakti Sthal' on the banks of river Yamuna.

Sonia Gandhi pays tribute to Indira Gandhi

Nation remembers former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her 29th death anniversary. Congress President and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi paid tributes to the departed leader at Shakti Sthal.

Sonia Gandhi pays homage to Indira Gandhi

Congress President Sonia Gandhi, following the foot steps of Indira Gandhi, is also seriously and sincerely keeping the aam aadmi as the main focus of the Congress and the Congress-led governments. Further Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi loves to be amongst the masses to know more about them, learn their problems and to find solutions for the grievances. Rahul Gandhi always made it clear that he got the inspiration to go to the poor from his grand mother Indira Gandhi.

Nation remembers Indira Gandhi Part- 2

As daughter of independent India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi grew up in the midst of the struggle for independence in a highly political family. She was elected president of the youth wing of the Indian National Congress in 1956 and was elected to parliament in place of her father when he died in 1964. Soon, Indira Gandhi emerged as one of India's most powerful prime ministers. Under her stewardship India won a war against Pakistan for the liberation of Bangladesh in 1971. She ushered in the green revolution that ensured food security for India, nationalised banks in a move that cushioned India from the worst of the current global recession and abolished princely states. It was during her stint as Prime Minister that India joined the nuclear club and took big strides in the field of science and technology. In international diplomacy Indira Gandhi was an effective and strong leader who dared to take on the United States. But her primary strength lay in her ability to connect with the poor. In many houses in the south of the country she's worshipped along with religious deities. For large numbers of Indians, Indira Gandhi is a progressive and idealistic figure. It's not her political failures, rather her mass appeal, charisma and her belief in an Idea of India that endures.

Remembering Indira Gandhi, the iron Lady of India

November 19 is the 95th birth anniversary of one the most charismatic leaders of modern India, our first and only woman prime minister, cherished by millions - the Iron Lady of India, Indira Gandhi. She is regarded by many as the country's best prime minister and her extensive agricultural and financial reforms are still relevant. Even after twenty eight years of her assassination, that has shocked the entire world, India's only woman Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, has an enduring presence in the minds of most Indians. For many she remains a messiah who connected directly to the poor and underprivileged with her social welfare programmes and catchy populist slogans like garibi hatao (oust poverty). She had contributed a lot for the upliftment of the downtrodden in the country.

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November 19 is the 95th birth anniversary of one the most charismatic leaders of modern India, our first and only woman prime minister, cherished by millions - the Iron Lady of India, Indira Gandhi. She is regarded by many as the country's best prime minister and her extensive agricultural and financial reforms are still relevant. Even after twenty eight years of her assassination, that has shocked the entire world, India's only woman Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, has an enduring presence in the minds of most Indians. For many she remains a messiah who connected directly to the poor and underprivileged with her social welfare programmes and catchy populist slogans like garibi hatao (oust poverty). She had contributed a lot for the upliftment of the downtrodden in the country. To this day leaders of Congress party seek votes in remote areas of the country in the name of Indira Gandhi. This shows how the Indian poor across the country remember their greatest leader Indira Gandhi even today. The present Congress President Sonia Gandhi, following the foot steps of Indira Gandhi, is also seriously and sincerely keeping the aam aadmi as the main focus of the Congress and the Congress-led governments. Further Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi loves to be amongst the masses to know more about them, learn their problems and to find solutions for the grievances. Rahul Gandhi always made it clear that he got the inspiration to go to the poor from his grand mother Indira Gandhi.

Indira Gandhi believed that nations are built on the strength of their determination: Sonia Gandhi

Sonia Gandhi , UPA Chairperson and Congress President addressing the gathering at Dhaka on the occassion of Indiraji being conferred with the  Bangladesh Freedom Honour said " Women's empowerment has been a key factor in your success. Your NGO's and Government have worked together most effectively for the better delivery of services. We each have something to teach the other and must continue to do so in the spirit of mutual respect and equality. Of course our countries will follow their own chosen paths of development but to the extent we are able to cooperate and learn from each other's experiences. That is what Indira Gandhi would have wanted and that is what I hope we will constantly endeavour to do.

Indira Gandhi rightly believed that nations are built on the strength of their determination in facing problems, no matter how immense. The people of Bangladesh and its leaders, its freedom fighters have given ample evidence of such courage in the face of innumerable odds and difficulties. And you Madam Prime Minister exemplify this through your inspiring and enlightened leadership. You have endured hardships, made many sacrifices and stood steadfast by your principles in the course of your long public life.
Indira Gandhi whom you had known would have been proud of you.
Mr. President , Madam PrimeMinister we in India whole heartedly subscribe to building the closest friendship and cooperation with Bangladesh. You can be sure that as Bangladesh moves from success to success there will be no louder cheer than that from us in India.

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Rahul Gandhi ridicules BJP’s slogan

Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi said that for development the involvement of the poor people also should be ensured. Rahul Gandhi also ridiculed the slogan India is Shining by BJP. Congress is for the upliftment of poor and common people of the Country he said. This is the difference between Congress and BJP added Rahul Gandhi.

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Sonia Gandhi wants to further strengthen MGNREGA

The NREGA scheme brought revolution the rural areas of the country and we need to strengthen it further said UPA chairperson and Congress President Sonia Gandhi. The empowerment of rural women is very much appreciated. Further with the help of Self Helping Scheme and NGOs the NREGA can be made stronger and effective said Sonia Gandhi. She thanked all the activists and people who helped this scheme a big success.

Sonia Gandhi addresses MGNREGA Sammelan

UPA Chairperson and Congress president Sonia Gandhi addressed the Mahatma Gandhi NREGA convention. This is the time to evaluate the scheme and analyze its pros and cons so as to see what all we can do to improve the same, said Sonia Gandhi. Sonia Gandhi said that the UPA Government is committed to bring out more welfare schemes for the people.

Sonia Gandhi “MGNREGA helped to strengthen rural people”

Congress President and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi said that Mahatma Gandhi NREGA has helped to create a new energy into the rural masses in the country. While addressing the MGNREGA Sammelan, she said that many underprivileged people including dalits and adivasis benefitted by this scheme. The important achievement of this policy is that the major beneficiaries are women said Sonia Gandhi.

Congress welcomes only secular people says Rahul Gandhi

Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi said that there are some basic principle in Congress. Congress is against fundamentalists, caste and religious politics and the divisive politics. Anybody who agrees with these principle can join Congress said Rahul Gandhi. Anyone who is secular is welcome to Congress. They can fight elections inside the Congress and they can be leaders too. All leaders should get training too said Rahul Gandhi.

MGNREGA will provide social security: Sonia Gandhi

Congress President and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi said that Mahatma Gandhi reiterated the success of MGNREGA implemented by the UPA Government. Sonia Gandhi said that NREGA has helped to generate new employment opportunities for the rural masses in the country. While addressing the MGNREGA Sammelan, she said the main idea behind the scheme is to remove the threat of unemployment. The important achievement of this policy is that the major beneficiaries are women said Sonia Gandhi. Sonia Gandhi hoped that the scheme will do wonders in the fields of small scale industries, health, road and infrastructure etc.