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PM’s Sankaran Nair Jab At Congress

PM’s Sankaran Nair Jab At Congress

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday attacked the Congress for having “abandoned” the memory of Chettur Sankaran Nair – a lawyer and freedom fighter from Kerala, who resigned as the sole Indian on the Viceroy’s Executive Council after the Jallianwala Bagh massacre of 1919. “They abandoned a brave nationalist because he didn’t fit their narrative…” the PM said, declaring that every child in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, and Punjab should know about Sankaran Nair. He also accused the Congress of having sidelined Sankaran Nair and other freedom fighters from its history, including Dr BR Ambedkar, over whose legacy there is a perennial political squabble. The Congress, the Prime Minister declared, deliberately buried the contributions of people like Mr Nair and Dr Ambedkar to play up the image of the Gandhi family as leaders of the struggle. PM @narendramodi Ji pays tribute to Sankaran Nayar — a fearless voice against British atrocities during the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. PM Modi Ji reminds the nation how Congress shamefully sidelined one of their own just because he spoke …