Mr Singh praised Nehru as “Rashtra Purush”, saying the first PM led the country at a critical juncture and gave a new direction. He said it was because of Nehru India was the largest democracy in the world, and it was not confined to the elites

In the 11 years that he has been in power, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government had to observe the 150th birth anniversary of Gandhi in 2019, Nehru’s 125th birth anniversary in 2014 and the 150th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, which falls on October 31, 2025. Prime Minister Modi had declared that the country should be free of open defecation to mark the 150th birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation. The government claims that 100 million household toilets had been constructed and six lakh villages are now open defec

See Full Page