Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today strongly criticised a message on social media regarding Jawaharlal Nehru allegedly calling Subhash Chandra Bose a "war criminal" and said this is "character assassination" of the national hero (Nehru).
"These days a message is being run on social media in which Jawaharlal Nehru called Subhash Chandra Bose a war criminal. This is character assassination of the national hero," he said, addressing a function to mark the death anniversary of freedom fighter Sheelbhadra Yaji at his native Bhakhtiyarpur.
"Pandit Nehru's contribution to the freedom movement and nation building cannot be forgotten," the senior JD(U) leader said.
Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupendra Singh Hooda was also present at the function to mark death anniversary of Sheelbhadra Yaji.
In an apparent attack against BJP, he said "Those ruling in Delhi at present had no role in the freedom movement."
Nitish said there were different streams in the struggle for country's Independence. On the one hand was Mahatma Gandhi's non-violent agitation while on the another side there were revolutionaries like Bose, Sardar Bhagat Singh and Khudiram Bose.
Yaji was an associate of Netaji and had been called to Singapore by him to spread the message of freedom, Hooda said while paying respect to the freedom fighter.
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Kumar reiterated the commitment of his government to
make every village a "smart village" by enhancing civic facilities so that nobody felt the urge to move out to urban centres for want of these.
He dwelt at length on the programmes like free WiFi in every college and universities, monthly allowance of Rs 1000 for two years to youths in between 20-25 to find jobs without bothering family, Rs 4 lakh interest-free loan for pursuing higher studies and 35 per cent reservation for women in all state government jobs which are part of his seven resolves.
The CM harped on prohibition and counted the advantages of liquor ban in terms of improvement in environment at home and community and also reeled out figures to highlight how money saved after prohibition is being used in consumption of milk, sweets and other household items.
