‘Wouldn’t Have Won 1971 War Without Indira’s Leadership: Karan Singh
Mumbai: Veteran Congress leader Karan Singh, who is the only surviving member of the Indira Gandhi cabinet in 1971, has said that India could not have won the Bangladesh Liberation War without his strong and decisive leadership.
“As the only surviving member of Mrs Indira Gandhi’s cabinet during the Bangladesh War, I would like to say that there can be no doubt that we could not have achieved this victory without the strong and decisive leadership of Indira Gandhi,” PTI quoted Singh as saying in his testimony.
His remarks came after the Congress accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led BJP government of playing petty politics by not remembering former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi during Vijay Diwas celebrations and termed it “wrong”.
Singh, who was a minister in former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s cabinet during the 1971 war, said she could have used the opportunity to put pressure on Bhutto over the Kashmir issue.
Earlier on Thursday, the country celebrated the 50th anniversary of its victory over Pakistan in the 1971 war that led to redrawing of the political map of South Asia and ended the horrific violence unleashed by the Pakistani army on millions of Bangladeshi people.
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