Topics for discussion: Sonia Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Nehruvian Economics, Manmohan Singh, P.V. Narasimha Rao
Mrs. Sonia Gandhi, while speaking on the 50th Death Anniversary occasion of Indian First Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, promised that she is still committed to the policies of Late Jawaharlal Nehru.
Staunch secularism and socialist economics are still the Congress’s core beliefs.
...Nehruvian values are being fundamentally challenged by some in the prevailing political climate...
...Congress encouraged the involvement of the private sector in wealth generation and economic growth, but it remained “profoundly wedded to Nehru's concern for the weakest sections” of society.
Even though the Congress remained committed to the four pillars of Nehruvianism — democratic institution -building, staunch secularism, socialist economics and a foreign policy of non-alignment — that were integral to a vision of Indianness, the party is not stuck in a time warp, merely repeating the conventional wisdom of 50 years ago.
...Nehru himself was a man with an open and questioning mind, would have evolved with the times, even while remaining anchored in his core beliefs.
...It had become “fashionable” to decry socialism as a “corrupt and inefficient system, that had condemned India to many years of modest growth levels...
Rajiv Gandhi said three decades ago, that over time the socialist model as practised in India developed many flaws. At the core of Nehru's socialism was the conviction that in a land of extreme poverty and inequality, the objective of government policy must be the welfare of the poorest, most deprived and most marginalised of our people…Today, we refer to this as inclusive development.
...Today, Congress welcomes the involvement of the private sector in wealth generation and economic growth and in making possible so many new opportunities for the young to succeed in a globalising world. But we remain profoundly wedded to Nehru's concern for the weakest sections of society.
Comments of ybrao a donkey
Mrs. Gandhi had just read out some speech written by expert in her samsthAn. She does not know anything about Nehru or his economics. Otherwise, she would not have allowed Manmohan Singh to dig a big trench and bury the Nehruvian Economics in it.
Of course, Mr. Narendra Modi also may not really know or bother anything about Nehruvian Economics. No need to mention about Mr. Arun Jaitley.
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