Indira Gandhi had good relations with several RSS leaders, and just as the Sangh brass reached out to her for help, she too used it for her purposes but carefully kept a distance between the organisation and herself, claims a new book.
#IndiraGandhi #GoodRelations #RSSLeaders
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/indira-gandhi-had-good-relations-with-many-rss-leaders-but-book-4258942

A lesson from my Fourth Standard (ie 4th Grade) English #BalBharati textbook. This was published by the Maharashtra state school board... #IndiraGandhi

PM Modi also paid homage to those who opposed the emergency that was declared by then PM #IndiraGandhi in 1975

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/emergency-anniversary-pm-modi-bjp-dark-days-of-emergency-indira-gandhi-101687673608352.html #press

#WATCH | #RahulGandhi's grandmother #IndiraGandhi had put #LaluYadav and #NitishKumar in jail but today they are welcoming Rahul Gandhi in Patna. I wonder as to what has happened in politics: BJP national president JP Nadda, on #OppositionMeeting

(ANI) #press

NCP chief Sharad Pawar was speaking at a function organised by the Yashwantrao Chavan Centre in Pune where women who have done commendable work in various fields were felicitated
#IndiraGandhi #GaveSense #Pride #Country #SharadPawar
https://www.news18.com/india/indira-gandhi-was-powerful-pm-gave-sense-of-pride-to-country-sharad-pawar-8148817.html

#Canadian law enforcement does not believe that the display depicting the assassination of former Prime Minister #IndiraGandhi upon a float at a parade in the Greater Toronto Area on June 4 constitutes a hate crime

(reports @anirudhb )
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/not-a-hate-crime-rules-canadian-law-enforcement-on-indira-gandhi-float-101686378139767.html #press

#IndiraGandhi float row not good for ties: EAM S #Jaishankar to #Canada http://toi.in/-4hqUa/a24gk #press

India hit out hard at Canada Thursday for allowing Khalistan separatists to celebrate the assassination of former PM India Gandhi with foreign minister S Jaishankar, saying Canada’s indulgence of such activities will not be good for the bilateral relationship.
#IndiraGandhi #EAMSJaishankar #Canada
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/indira-float-row-not-good-for-ties-eam-s-jaishankar-to-canada/articleshow/100858703.cms

Questioning why EAM S Jaishankar did not unequivocally condemn parade in #Canada that celebrated assassination of former PM #IndiraGandhi, Congress said PM Modi should speak to his Canadian counterpart & convey that such acts were ‘unacceptable’ to India.
https://trib.al/ABkIQ6V #press

External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Thursday hit out at Canada over an event that celebrated the assassination of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Addressing a press conference, Jaishankar said that the space given to separatists, extremists and people who advocate violence in Canada, is not good for its relationship with India.
#Jaishankar #Canada #IndiraGandhi
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/canadas-event-celebrating-indira-gandhis-assassination-what-jaishankar-said/articleshow/100842218.cms

A float depicted former Prime Minister #IndiraGandhi’s assassination at a parade marking the Operation Bluestar’s 39th anniversary in the Greater Toronto Area

(reports @anirudhb )
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/depiction-of-indira-gandhi-s-killing-indian-mission-sends-note-of-displeasure-101686213963665.html #press

#Canada's event celebrating #IndiraGandhi’s assassination: What #Jaishankar said http://toi.in/k6osOY49/a24gk #press

Minister of External Affairs #SJaishankar hit out at #Canada after visuals of a parade float depicting the assassination of former Prime Minister #IndiraGandhi in Canada's Brampton city surfaced

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/jaishankars-strong-response-to-indira-gandhis-killing-celebration-not-good-for-canada-101686207358261.html #press

Senior #Congress leader Jairam Ramesh termed the depiction of former Prime Minister #IndiraGandhi's assassination at an event in the Greater Toronto Area ‘despicable’, and urged external affairs minister S Jaishankar to take it up strongly with the Canadian authorities… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1666697410373120000 #press

While Canadian high commissioner Cameron MacKay said that there is no place in his country for hate, Twitter users called the act 'disgusting' and shocking'.
#ViralClip #KhalistanBackers #IndiraGandhi #Killing #Netizens #ManyLevels
https://www.news18.com/world/indira-gandhi-assassination-canada-envoy-netizens-shocked-khalistani-parade-8026765.html

High Commissioner for Canada in India Cameron MacKay criticised the event by saying there is no place in Canada for hate or for the glorification of violence
#Tableau #IndiraGandhi #Assassination #Canada #DrawsCriticism
https://www.news18.com/world/tableau-celebrating-indira-gandhis-assassination-paraded-in-canada-draws-criticism-on-cam-8027209.html

#Bengaluru | #PMModi speaks about terrorism, no one from #BJP has ever lost their life due to terrorism. BJP keeps saying that we support terrorism but many #Congress leaders like #IndiraGandhi & #RajivGandhi died in terror attacks: Karnataka CM #Siddaramaiah #press

In 1978, the Congress led by #IndiraGandhi, which was only formed on the eve of the #Karnataka Assembly election, won a comfortable majority, with a 44.25% voteshare, beating expectations of a triangular fight
https://trib.al/6zbJ6ja #press

@timbray
She has rather a #Bengali look to her (it's the eyes) and reminds me of #IndiraGandhi (though she was Kashmiri)

see eg https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/photographie--266275396689759819/

Other countries’ view of India is influenced by calculations and hopes that it can help counter Chinese expansionism in Asia

Researching our book on the Emergency, India’s First Dictatorship (HarperCollins, 2021), we found that the change in regime did not change the way Western democracies perceived New Delhi, write Christophe Jaffrelot and Pratinav Anil.

#emergency #IndiraGandhi #INC #history #china #asia #democracy #diplomacy #india #books #ChristopheJaffrelot #PratinavAnil

https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/india-china-emergency-democracy-7196194/