The Congress is a partner in the Nitish Kumar government in Bihar and the party's state unit is livid. In Delhi, Congress spokesperson Tom, Vaddakan said, "We have heard about it and our Bihar unit has protested. Delhi is taking note. There is a need for clarification on this issue by Nitish ji."
The website's section called History of Bihar, had mentioned former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of the Congress in the context of socialist leader Jay Prakash Narayan or JP, whom both Nitish Kumar and his other partner in Bihar, Lalu Yadav of the RJD venerate.
JP, the website had said, "who had fought for India's freedom alongside Indira Gandhi's father, Jawahar Lal Nehru, received a treatment that was worse than what the British had meted out to Gandhiji in Champaran in 1917, for his speaking out against oppression." It said the JP movement brought an end to Emergency and led to Indira Gandhi's "massive defeat" in the next elections.
The newly edited portion has no mention of Indira Gandhi or Emergency. "JP's substantial contribution to modern Indian history continued up until his death in 1979. It was he who led a movement that led to massive win of a non-Congress government -The Janata Party - at Delhi, for the first time," it now states.
In state elections held in November last, Nitish Kumar led the JDU-RJD-Congress coalition to a massive win the BJP, his ally for 17 years before they parted ways.
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