‘Not an exaggeration to say 1971 was Indira’s finest year’

New Delhi: Noting that 1971 was Indira Gandhi’s ‘finest year’, Congress president Sonia Gandhi Wednesday said that the liberation of Bangladesh 50 years ago was a magnificent accomplishment under her leadership but added that the former PM would have wanted everyone to celebrate the feat but not in a “boastful spirit” or in a “spirit of selfglorification.”

Sonia was speaking at a party event to commemorate the golden jubilee of the liberation war. Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi will address a public meeting in Uttarakhand Thursday to kick off the party’s Assembly poll campaign and also to mark India’s win over Pakistan in the 1971 war which led to the creation of Bangladesh. “It was indeed a gigantic collective enterprise... leading them in a clear, purposeful and decisive manner was a remarkable woman. Today we recall Indira Gandhi with great pride. She remains an inspiration to crores of Indians for her boldness,” Sonia said.

She said it will not be an “exaggeration to say that 1971 was Indira Gandhi’s finest year.”—(Agencies)