New Delhi: Congress on Tuesday recalled the key role played by India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in the early 1950s in the emergence of a sovereign and neutral Austria, and said those "suffering from Nehruphobia" , like Prime Minister Narendra Modi, would also do well to remember this.
Ahead of Modi's visit to Austria, Congress general secretary in-charge of communications Jairam Ramesh said that the Republic of Austria was not fully established until October 26, 1955, which is celebrated as its National Day, and a person who was instrumental in making this become a reality. he was none other than the man “Mr Modi loves to hate and slander”.
"Dr. Hans Kochler, a prominent Austrian academic, has written about the key role that Jawaharlal Nehru played in the early 1950s in the emergence of a sovereign, neutral Austria after a decade of occupation by the victorious powers of the Second World War. World War," Ramesh said.
One of Nehru's most ardent global admirers was the legendary Bruno Kreisky, who was Chancellor of Austria from 1970 to 1983, he said.
"In 1989, Dr. Kreisky remembered Nehru thus: 'When the history of this century, and that of the men who have put their stamp on it, is written, one of the greatest and best chapters will be the history of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru will be part of the most modern history of India...Very early Nehru had become one of my instructors," Ramesh said.
The Congressional leader also shared Kochler's retrospective for those interested in diplomatic history.
"Those who suffer from nehruphobia, like our non-biological Prime Minister and, especially since 2019, our erudite and elegant External Affairs Minister, will also do well to remember it," Ramesh said in his X post.
After concluding his engagements in Russia on July 9, Modi will leave for Austria in the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister to that country in more than 40 years.
Ahead of Modi's visit to Austria, Congress general secretary in-charge of communications Jairam Ramesh said that the Republic of Austria was not fully established until October 26, 1955, which is celebrated as its National Day, and a person who was instrumental in making this become a reality. he was none other than the man “Mr Modi loves to hate and slander”.
"Dr. Hans Kochler, a prominent Austrian academic, has written about the key role that Jawaharlal Nehru played in the early 1950s in the emergence of a sovereign, neutral Austria after a decade of occupation by the victorious powers of the Second World War. World War," Ramesh said.
One of Nehru's most ardent global admirers was the legendary Bruno Kreisky, who was Chancellor of Austria from 1970 to 1983, he said.
"In 1989, Dr. Kreisky remembered Nehru thus: 'When the history of this century, and that of the men who have put their stamp on it, is written, one of the greatest and best chapters will be the history of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru will be part of the most modern history of India...Very early Nehru had become one of my instructors," Ramesh said.
The Congressional leader also shared Kochler's retrospective for those interested in diplomatic history.
"Those who suffer from nehruphobia, like our non-biological Prime Minister and, especially since 2019, our erudite and elegant External Affairs Minister, will also do well to remember it," Ramesh said in his X post.
After concluding his engagements in Russia on July 9, Modi will leave for Austria in the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister to that country in more than 40 years.
