In a veiled attack on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Congress President Sonia Gandhi said in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, that there are some organisations in the country which have no role in the freedom struggle and had vehemently opposed the Quit India Movement.
Speaking on the 75th anniversary of Quit India Movement, Sonia said, "We must not forget that some organisations opposed Quit India Movement. Such organisations have no role in freedom struggle."
Slamming the BJP government, she said the politics of hatred and revenge is prevailing in the country which has left no place for open debate and discussion.
"Today it looks secularism and free speech are in danger: There is politics of divide; if we have to preserve freedom, we'll have to defeat forces endangering it," she added.
Recounting the freedom struggle of former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru and other Congress leaders, Sonia said, "During freedom struggle, Pandit Nehru spent several years in jail, many Congress workers died in jail. A lot of atrocities were committed on the protesters during the Quit India Movement but no one stepped back."
Earlier in the day, observing the 75th anniversary of the Quit India Movement Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged the nation to make India free from poverty, corruption, terrorism, casteism, communalism and to create a 'New India' by 2022.
