Congress, BJP Spar Over PM Modi's "I Did Satyagraha" Remark In Bangladesh

Tagging the prime minister's remarks, Shashi Tharoor said, "International education: our PM is giving Bangladesh a taste of Indian "fake news". The absurdity is that everyone knows who liberated Bangladesh."

The Congress and the BJP on Friday sparred over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remark that he did satyagraha for Bangladesh's freedom, with the opposition party questioning the statement's veracity and the ruling party asserting that it was true. International education: our PM is giving Bangladesh a taste of Indian "fake news". The absurdity is that everyone knows who liberated Bangladesh. https://t.co/ijjDRbszVd Entire Political Science by Narendra Modi. pic.twitter.com/LvJvJ4JfpY Addressing the main golden jubilee celebrations of Bangladesh's Independence and the birth centenary of its founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Dhaka in the presence of his counterpart Sheikh Hasina and President Abdul Hamid, PM Modi recalled the 1971 war and said the pictures of atrocities that the Pakistan Army inflicted on the people in then East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) used to disturb people in India. "I must have been 20-22 years old when I and my colleagues did satyagraha for Bangladesh's freedom," he said.