Nehru’s criticism based on falsehood: Sonia
New Delhi: Amid Narendra Modi’s attack on Jawaharlal Nehru, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday said that criticism of the first Prime Minister by some forces was based on “innuendo, insinuation and falsehood aimed at character assassination”. She said the legacy of every great political leader is often subject to “revisionism of some type or other”. “But what is being attempted on Jawaharal Nehru by some forces in our country is not based on objective scholarship or critical enquiry,” Gandhi said while speaking at the function where Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial lecture 2013 was delivered.
JPC report: Meira urged to schedule discussion
New Delhi: Maintaining that he has facts with him that suggested that PM Manmohan Singh was in the know of things in the spectrum scam, CPI leader Gurudas Dasgupta on Saturday wrote to Speaker Meira Kumar urging her to schedule a discussion on the controversial JPC report on the scandal in the forthcoming winter session of the Parliament.
Tewari for media editorial autonomy
New Delhi: Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari on Saturday said corporate as well as surrogate political ownership of media are “inescapable” realities but urged the media industry to devise ways to separate commercial considerations and editorial autonomy. He was speaking at an event organised by the Press Council of India (PCI) to mark the National Press Day, where Vice President Hamid Ansari was also present. Seventeen journalists were conferred with the second ‘National Awards for Excellence in Journalism’ instituted by the PCI.
Cong slams Modi over snooping allegation
New Delhi: Targeting Narendra Modi and BJP over alleged snooping on a young woman in 2009, Congress on Saturday said it was “brazen assault on civil liberty by State sponsored stalking” after the “Gujarat pogrom” and “fake” encounters. Information and Broadcasting Manish Tewari alleged that it reflected the kind of State the BJP wanted to make and asked if this was its definition of freedom and liberty.