Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi, in her Independence Day statement, said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government was trying to invalidate the contribution of leaders such as Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Patel, and Chandrashekhar Azad to India's freedom struggle.
“The Indian National Congress (INC) will oppose every bid by this government to falsify historical facts and malign leaders like Gandhi-Nehru-Azad-Patel,” Sonia Gandhi said.