BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi lit up the press room at party HQ in New Delhi on January 23, marking Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s birthday with a pointed assault on Congress and TMC’s historical shortcomings. ‘Multiple attempts were made to erase his supreme contributions,’ he charged, hailing Bose for shattering colonial fantasies.
Directly addressing TMC’s Mamata Banerjee, Trivedi noted her Congress origins: ‘Show real respect—ditch the Congress tag, or Bengal will uproot you.’ He spotlighted PM Modi’s honors, from 2018 Republic Day tributes to INA veterans to reviving Netaji’s India Gate statue.
Trivedi marshaled facts: Ambedkar revealed Bose’s impact on soldier loyalty as key to freedom; Congress faltered by not capitalizing on 1939’s war outbreak, instead endorsing British war efforts in 1942 amid minimal protests from 1931-47. Nehru’s August 15 ceremony, under Mountbatten, paled against Bose’s visionary independence.
In this era of legacy wars, Trivedi’s discourse reframes Netaji as BJP’s moral high ground, challenging rivals to match their historical fidelity.