Archive · 12 Sep 2026
Nehru’s Bandung Notes Fuel Congress Swipe at Modi After BRICS
BRICS countries issued a declaration that mentioned an important 1955 meeting in Bandung, Indonesia.
Jawaharlal Nehru attended that meeting when he was India’s prime minister.
The declaration said the meeting’s ideas could help build a fairer and more inclusive world system.
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh shared some of Nehru’s handwritten notes from the event.
He also quoted a Hindi film song about someone’s shadow always following another person.
This was seen as a political joke aimed at Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Modi has often criticized Nehru in speeches and in Parliament.
Ramesh also shared a link showing 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 quoted the Bollywood song “Tu jahan jahan chalega, mera saaya saath hoga”.
The declaration cited equality, independence, non-intervention and mutual benefit as Bandung principles.
The apparent jab came amid Narendra Modi’s frequent criticism of Nehru in speeches and Parliament.
- Who
- Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
- What
- Ramesh shared Nehru’s Bandung notes and quoted a Bollywood song in an apparent political swipe at Modi after the BRICS declaration referenced Bandung.
- When
- The Congress post was made on Saturday; the Bandung Conference took place in 1955, with Nehru’s notes dated April 22, 1955.
- Where
- The Bandung Conference was held in Bandung, Indonesia; the reference appeared in the BRICS New Delhi Declaration.
- Why
- The apparent swipe came in the context of Modi’s frequent criticism of Nehru.
- Declaration
- BRICS New Delhi Declaration
- Historical conference
- 1955 Asian-African Conference in Bandung, Indonesia
- Cited 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”
- Notes access
- Ramesh shared a post from the Centre for the Advanced Study of India where Nehru’s notes can be accessed.
