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Nehru’s Bandung Notes Fuel Congress Swipe at Modi After BRICS
The BRICS countries issued a declaration that mentioned an important 1955 meeting in Bandung.
Jawaharlal Nehru attended that meeting when he was India’s prime minister.
The declaration said the meeting’s ideas could help create a fairer world system.
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh shared some of Nehru’s handwritten notes from the event.
He also quoted a popular Hindi film song about someone’s shadow always following another person.
This was understood as a political joke aimed at Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Modi has often criticized Nehru in speeches and in Parliament.
Ramesh also shared information about where people could view Nehru’s notes.
The BRICS New Delhi Declaration recalled the 1955 Asian-African Conference in Bandung, Indonesia.
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh shared Jawaharlal Nehru’s handwritten notes from the Bandung Conference.
Ramesh referenced the Bollywood song “Tu jahan jahan chalega, mera saaya saath hoga”.
He said the declaration highlighted equality, independence, non-intervention and mutual benefit.
The apparent jab came amid Narendra Modi’s repeated criticism of Nehru in speeches and Parliament.
- Who
- Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
- What
- Congress used Nehru’s Bandung Conference notes and a Bollywood song to make an apparent political swipe at Modi after the BRICS declaration referenced Bandung.
- Where
- The Bandung Conference was held in Bandung, Indonesia; the political exchange concerned the BRICS New Delhi Declaration.
- When
- The Congress post was made on Saturday; the referenced Bandung Conference took place in 1955, with Nehru’s notes dated April 22, 1955.
- Why
- The apparent jab came in the context of Modi’s frequent criticism of Nehru.
Key facts
- Referenced declaration
- BRICS New Delhi Declaration
- Historical event
- 1955 Asian-African Conference in Bandung, Indonesia
- Declaration principles
- Equality, independence, non-intervention and mutual benefit
- Congress leader
- Jairam Ramesh
- Notes shared
- Jawaharlal Nehru’s handwritten jottings from the afternoon of April 22, 1955
- Song quoted
- “Tu jahan jahan chalega, mera saaya saath hoga”
- Additional source shared
- The Centre for the Advanced Study of India’s post containing access to Nehru’s notes
Quotes
Jairam Ramesh
Congress leader who shared Nehru’s Bandung notes and commented on the BRICS declaration
“Para 16 of the New Delhi Declaration just adopted at the BRICS Summit says the following: 16. We recall 1955 Asian-African Conference in Bandung, Indonesia that proclaimed general principles, including equality, independence, non-intervention, and mutual benefit. We stress that the Bandung Spirit serves as a reference in the pursuit of a fairer, more inclusive, and representative multilateral system”
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theprint.in
“Remember that old Bollywood hit song -- 'Tu jahan chalega, mera saaya saath hoga'.”
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theprint.in
Sources
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