Balraj Sahni, Dev Anand, Kishore Kumar: How PM Modi used Bollywood to assault Congress | India Information

NEW DELHI: In a fierce assault on Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a giant ‘anti-democratic’ cost on the get together whereas citing massive Bollywood names.
PM Modi, whereas replying to Movement of Thanks in Rajya Sabha on the President’s tackle on Thursday mentioned the Congress has all the time crushed freedom of speech within the nation.
Ranging from Nehru authorities, PM Modi mentioned, “Throughout Nehru ji’s tenure because the PM, a employees strike was held in Mumbai. Throughout that strike, the well-known poet Majrooh Sultanpuri recited a poet. After this, he was put in jail. Well-known actor Balraj Sahni was additionally jailed solely as a result of he participated in a protest demonstration on the time.”
“Hridaynath Mangeshkar ji, brother of Lata Mangeshkar ji, had written a poem on Veer Savarkar and needed to sing it on Akashvani however was banned from Akashvani (All India Radio) for all times,” PM Modi mentioned.

Referring to Emergency beneath Indira Gandhi authorities, PM Modi recalled the tales of Dev Anand and Kishore Kumar to accuse Congress of dictatorship.
“This nation has additionally seen the interval of Emergency and the way the spirit of the Structure was crushed. It was performed for the sake of energy. The nation is aware of this,” PM Modi mentioned.
“All the films of actor Dev Anand was prohibited on Doordarshan as he refused to help Emergency,” PM Modi mentioned.
“When Kishore Kumar refused to sing for them (Congress), all his songs have been banned from All India Radio. I can’t neglect the times of the Emergency,” PM Modi added.