Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s failure to mention the country’s first PM Jawaharlal Nehru’s name in his Independence Day speech was “disturbing”, according to veteran Maharashtra politician and Rajya Sabha MP Sharad Pawar, who heads his own faction of the Nationalist Congress Party.
“I heard the Prime Minister’s speech from the Red Fort. It was very disturbing that he did not mention Nehru in his entire speech… Nehru gave important years of his youth to the freedom struggle of India. After Independence, he led the country and spread the message of peace worldwide. Even after his immense contribution, his name was not taken by the Prime Minister, which was unfortunate,” the NCP(SP) leader said during an event in Pune.
