Congress puts up posters highlighting Indira Gandhi’s leadership in 1971 war

A banner hailing erstwhile Prime Minister Indira Gandhi enactment up successful Bengaluru. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

The State Congress connected Tuesday installed flex boards and enactment up posters with photographs of erstwhile Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, highlighting her enactment during the 1971 India-Pakistan war, astatine 20 salient junctions successful Bengaluru.

They attempted to comparison the concern which prevailed successful 1971 and today’s by saying that contempt the bravery of the equipped forces, the Central government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was not down it.

During Operation Sindoor, India and Pakistan agreed for a ceasefire astatine the behest of the U.S. President Donald Trump. Before the subject apical brass directed the soldiers to halt operations, Mr. Trump announced the ceasefire betwixt the 2 countries, the Congress said.

Taking a jibe astatine the Narendra Modi-led government, the Congress successful 1 of the flex boards said, “Indira Gandhi didn’t request hashtags… She made history.” Another poster said, “India remembers Durga.” Former Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee described Indira Gandhi arsenic “Durga” aft India’s triumph against Pakistan successful 1971. Another poster said, “Indira would’ve ended it earlier it began.”

The Congress further said that “at that time, the Indian Army, which gave a befitting reply to Pakistan, achieved a historical triumph successful conscionable 13 days. The Indian Army had penetrated arsenic acold arsenic Lahore, Pakistan.”

In 1971, 93,000 Pakistani soldiers surrendered. Indira Gandhi herself visited the warfare zone, the Congress pointed out. “The radical are saying that Mr. Modi went to run for the Bihar elections alternatively of attending the all-party meeting,” said the enactment successful a statement.

BJP objects to posters

Reacting powerfully to the banners, Leader of the Opposition successful the Legislative Assembly, R. Ashok, criticised the timing of the Congress posters. “This is not the clip to enactment up posters of Indira Gandhi,” helium said.

Published - May 13, 2025 09:34 p.m. IST