I feel that the true freedom fighter of India was Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. He never told his people to build his statue. None of the freedom fighters had ever thought that their statue will be made in future. They were selfless and they sacrificed everything for the country, even their lives. This is a strategy to get votes.

I feel that the true freedom fighter of India was Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. He never told his people to build his statue. None of the freedom fighters had ever thought that their statue will be made in future. They were selfless and they sacrificed everything for the country, even their lives. This is a strategy to get votes.

Yes. This is strategy to get votes. One leader said that if Sardar Patel were P.M., history would be different. No doubt sardar Patel was great and as Deputy P.M. and Home Minister, he successfully united India. Pt Nehru and Patel were an excellent team. But what nif Patel were P.M. If Patel were P.M. and Nehru deputy P.M., still they would work as a team. But as Patel died in 1950 itself, Pt Nehru would be P.M. just after death of sardar Patel and thereafter continue as P.M. just the way it actually happened. In their zeal, the interested leaders even forget that Patel had no more life to function as P.M. or in any capacity. Patel could be P.M. only till 1950 to be succeeded by Nehru.

I feel that the true freedom fighter of India was Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. He never told his people to build his statue. None of the freedom fighters had ever thought that their statue will be made in future. They were selfless and they sacrificed everything for the country, even their lives. This is a strategy to get votes.

Yes. This is strategy to get votes. One leader said that if Sardar Patel were P.M., history would be different. No doubt sardar Patel was great and as Deputy P.M. and Home Minister, he successfully united India. Pt Nehru and Patel were an excellent team. But what nif Patel were P.M. If Patel were P.M. and Nehru deputy P.M., still they would work as a team. But as Patel died in 1950 itself, Pt Nehru would be P.M. just after death of sardar Patel and thereafter continue as P.M. just the way it actually happened. In their zeal, the interested leaders even forget that Patel had no more life to function as P.M. or in any capacity. Patel could be P.M. only till 1950 to be succeeded by Nehru.

I feel that the true freedom fighter of India was Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. He never told his people to build his statue. None of the freedom fighters had ever thought that their statue will be made in future. They were selfless and they sacrificed everything for the country, even their lives. This is a strategy to get votes.

Yes. This is strategy to get votes. One leader said that if Sardar Patel were P.M., history would be different. No doubt sardar Patel was great and as Deputy P.M. and Home Minister, he successfully united India. Pt Nehru and Patel were an excellent team. But what nif Patel were P.M. If Patel were P.M. and Nehru deputy P.M., still they would work as a team. But as Patel died in 1950 itself, Pt Nehru would be P.M. just after death of sardar Patel and thereafter continue as P.M. just the way it actually happened. In their zeal, the interested leaders even forget that Patel had no more life to function as P.M. or in any capacity. Patel could be P.M. only till 1950 to be succeeded by Nehru.

Yes, I always knew that statues are best used for caching votes. We should count number of statues in our country, I am sure these will count almost same as population of India. Now this is anybody's guess which statue will outnumber the other one and which party started the use of statues as vote catching strategy?

Patel was a Gujarati. Mahatma Gandhi was also a Gujarati. Hence Modi inherits the legacy of Gandhi and Patel! But is this acceptable. The biographer of Sardar Patel- Raj Mohan Gandhi thinks otherwise.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/AllaboutNarendraModi/Patel-wouldn-t-have-accepted-Modi-as-his-heir-Rajmohan-Gandhi/Article1-1147192.aspx

Patel was a Gujarati. Mahatma Gandhi was also a Gujarati. Hence Modi inherits the legacy of Gandhi and Patel! But is this acceptable. The biographer of Sardar Patel- Raj Mohan Gandhi thinks otherwise.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/AllaboutNarendraModi/Patel-wouldn-t-have-accepted-Modi-as-his-heir-Rajmohan-Gandhi/Article1-1147192.aspx

I agree, Nehru was a Kashmiri but never accepted by Kashmirirs. Modi has no copyright on neither Gandhi nor Patel. But then Gandhi had disowned his own son for the same reasons, am I right?[/quote

Yes. Gandhi had disowned his son Dev Das Gandhi. But when Gandhi is no more, he himself loses all rights and everyone else gets. So now everyone can claim Gandhi's legacy. There can be also various versions of Gandhian thoughts. Gandhi is no more to deny what you do with him. Similarly about Patel. Rahul and Gandhi both can claim legacy of Patel- Modi as Gujarati and Rahul as Congress leader. Both may have different versions. What is the harm? Same book may be published and authored by different publishers and individuals. Gandhi and Patel are also like books and statues only.

Patel was a Gujarati. Mahatma Gandhi was also a Gujarati. Hence Modi inherits the legacy of Gandhi and Patel! But is this acceptable. The biographer of Sardar Patel- Raj Mohan Gandhi thinks otherwise.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/AllaboutNarendraModi/Patel-wouldn-t-have-accepted-Modi-as-his-heir-Rajmohan-Gandhi/Article1-1147192.aspx

I agree, Nehru was a Kashmiri but never accepted by Kashmirirs. Modi has no copyright on neither Gandhi nor Patel. But then Gandhi had disowned his own son for the same reasons, am I right?[/quote

Yes. Gandhi had disowned his son Dev Das Gandhi. But when Gandhi is no more, he himself loses all rights and everyone else gets. So now everyone can claim Gandhi's legacy. There can be also various versions of Gandhian thoughts. Gandhi is no more to deny what you do with him. Similarly about Patel. Rahul and Gandhi both can claim legacy of Patel- Modi as Gujarati and Rahul as Congress leader. Both may have different versions. What is the harm? Same book may be published and authored by different publishers and individuals. Gandhi and Patel are also like books and statues only.

I agree to this point, Gandhi and Patel have always been used for their charismatic values by the politicians of this country. But the real following is missing seriously. They will come dressed in Khadi and show a Charkha as a symbol on 2nd October but will wear differently as soon as back from that particular function. All are same except few chosen ones.

Patel was a Gujarati. Mahatma Gandhi was also a Gujarati. Hence Modi inherits the legacy of Gandhi and Patel! But is this acceptable. The biographer of Sardar Patel- Raj Mohan Gandhi thinks otherwise.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/AllaboutNarendraModi/Patel-wouldn-t-have-accepted-Modi-as-his-heir-Rajmohan-Gandhi/Article1-1147192.aspx

I agree, Nehru was a Kashmiri but never accepted by Kashmirirs. Modi has no copyright on neither Gandhi nor Patel. But then Gandhi had disowned his own son for the same reasons, am I right?

Patel was a Gujarati. Mahatma Gandhi was also a Gujarati. Hence Modi inherits the legacy of Gandhi and Patel! But is this acceptable. The biographer of Sardar Patel- Raj Mohan Gandhi thinks otherwise.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/AllaboutNarendraModi/Patel-wouldn-t-have-accepted-Modi-as-his-heir-Rajmohan-Gandhi/Article1-1147192.aspx

I agree, Nehru was a Kashmiri but never accepted by Kashmirirs. Modi has no copyright on neither Gandhi nor Patel. But then Gandhi had disowned his own son for the same reasons, am I right?[/quote

Yes. Gandhi had disowned his son Dev Das Gandhi. But when Gandhi is no more, he himself loses all rights and everyone else gets. So now everyone can claim Gandhi's legacy. There can be also various versions of Gandhian thoughts. Gandhi is no more to deny what you do with him. Similarly about Patel. Rahul and Gandhi both can claim legacy of Patel- Modi as Gujarati and Rahul as Congress leader. Both may have different versions. What is the harm? Same book may be published and authored by different publishers and individuals. Gandhi and Patel are also like books and statues only.

I agree to this point, Gandhi and Patel have always been used for their charismatic values by the politicians of this country. But the real following is missing seriously. They will come dressed in Khadi and show a Charkha as a symbol on 2nd October but will wear differently as soon as back from that particular function. All are same except few chosen ones.

There is a saying in Telugu. It says people sell the fruits quoting the reputation of the tree. However its English equivalent is "Basking in others glory" will exactly reflect our leaders attitude. They do not have a glory of their own. That's why they got habituated to live on others glory. Parasites all without exception.