The Congress party is religiously following the old wisdom – Honesty is the best policy. In a major embarrassment to the Congress party, the Gujarat Congress official website described the party as the “oldest and largest political party in India who looted India for 70 years.”
The text on the ‘Join Us’ section of the Gujarat Congress website read, “Become a part of the oldest and largest political party in India who looted India for 70 years.” It further added, “The party evolved into the natural party of thugs after independence and a custodian and champion of anti-nationalism.”
The official website of the Congress party’s Gujarat unit described it as the “oldest and largest political party in India who looted India for 70 years.”https://t.co/PMLXLw892p
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The party later corrected the mistake. Currently, the text reads, “Become a part of the oldest and largest political party in India. Originally founded to organize the fragmented Indian resistance to British rule in the country, the party evolved into the natural party of governance after independence and a custodian and champion of the values espoused by the country’s founding fathers.”
By mistake, but at least, the party has acknowledged ‘the truth’. It was the most ‘honest confession’. The Congress party was kicked out of power in 2014 because their government was completely absorbed in corruption. Their prime focus was not governing but looting the country. Big scams like Coal Scam, Common Wealth Games Scam, Adarsh Housing Scam, 2G Spectrum Scam, Aircel-Maxis Scam, Vadra land deals, AirAsia Scam, and AgustaWestland Chopper scam all happened allegedly under the UPA government led by the Congress party. There is an overwhelming feeling among the masses that the party looted the country for years with the lengthy list of scams under the UPA government, while new ones keep surfacing even after 4 years of the UPA being out of power. They allegedly looted billions and billions of rupees which belonged to the country. Congress is a bunch of power-hungry politicians with a cluttered ideology, who can go to any extent to come back to power and continue to loot the nation, is very evident.
The culture of corruption in Congress started immediately after Independence. Among Nehru’s other illustrious legacies which the subsequent Congress leaders, especially his own family members, religiously followed are the number of scams and crony capitalism which flourished under his rule. Nehru’s rule was marred with many scams. To begin with, just as India became independent and even before India became a republic, the plundering of the nation through scams was started by the Congress under the tutelage of Jawaharlal Nehru.
The Jeep Scam –
It was the first ever scam of Independent India pioneered under Jawaharlal Nehru. At the centre of the Jeep scam was the then Indian High Commissioner to the UK and a favourite of PM Nehru, V K Krishna Menon who later was even made the Defence Minister. Backed by the PMO, Menon bypassed the code of procedure and inked a Rs. 80 lakh contract with a foreign firm for the supply of 200 jeeps for the Indian Army. Despite paying the contract money upfront, only 155 jeeps arrived. Nehru not only ended the probe abruptly but also made V K Krishna Menon the Defence Minister.
Haridas Mundhra Scandal –
On December 16, 1957, Nehru’s son-in-law, Feroze Gandhi exposed the then Congress Finance Minister TT Krishnamachari who had allowed the state-owned LIC to invest Rs 1.26 crore in enterprises related to Haridas Mundhra, Calcutta-based Stock Speculator for his own interest and in order to use it as a tool to help himself in manipulating the stock markets. Eventually, Haridas Mundhra scandal led to the resignation of TT Krishnamachari. This scandal was a huge setback to the clean image of Nehru’s government.
Feroze Gandhi’s popularity also rose and he got the title of ‘Giant Killer. Jawaharlal Nehru was completely helpless as one of his favourites was destroyed and that too by his own son-in-law. The scandal also went on to expose Pandit Nehru. He delivered long speeches on anti-corruption but remained completely blind when it came to curbing the corruption of his own government. It showed how complacent Nehru was about fighting corruption. It was being said that Nehru was soft on corruption carried out by his close friends.
For more details: Did Corruption Culture in Congress start under Nehru’s reign?
Jawaharlal Nehru would be glad to know that his family members have adhered to his teachings and have only expanded upon his work. The Congress party has been indulged in serious corruption scandals and scams since long. Before the Modi government came to power in 2014, the nation was reeling under corruption and loot of public money. Now, after Congress has been voted out of power, the country feels afresh and has started moving on the path of progress.