Guwahati: The removal of former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru's name from the India-US Fulbright scholarship programme was "unfortunate" and exposed the "vindictive attitude and narrow mindset" of the central government, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said today.
Mr Gogoi also said that the present dispensation at the Centre was attempting to replace Mr Nehru's domestic and foreign policy legacy with its own.
"The decision to shed Nehru's name from the scholarship programme that benefited tens of thousands of students is really unfortunate and uncalled for. Is the present dispensation trying to relegate Nehru's contribution in laying the foundation of modern India and his rich domestic and foreign policy legacy to the back burner and replace them with its own? Is the Centre trying to rewrite history by removing the icons of our freedom struggle," Mr Gogoi asked.
He also took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent 'Mann Ki Baat' radio broadcast and said his message of unity in diversity against the backdrop of growing intolerance and hatred in the country had not been loud and clear.
Mr Gogoi said Mr Modi, otherwise vocal and decisive, showed no signs of alacrity and urgency to rein in growing incidents of intolerance and hatred.
Mr Gogoi also said that the present dispensation at the Centre was attempting to replace Mr Nehru's domestic and foreign policy legacy with its own.
"The decision to shed Nehru's name from the scholarship programme that benefited tens of thousands of students is really unfortunate and uncalled for. Is the present dispensation trying to relegate Nehru's contribution in laying the foundation of modern India and his rich domestic and foreign policy legacy to the back burner and replace them with its own? Is the Centre trying to rewrite history by removing the icons of our freedom struggle," Mr Gogoi asked.
He also took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent 'Mann Ki Baat' radio broadcast and said his message of unity in diversity against the backdrop of growing intolerance and hatred in the country had not been loud and clear.
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Mr Gogoi said Mr Modi, otherwise vocal and decisive, showed no signs of alacrity and urgency to rein in growing incidents of intolerance and hatred.
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