"These days a message is being run on social media in which Jawaharlal Nehru called Subhash Chandra Bose a war criminal. This is character assassination of the national hero," he said, addressing a function to mark the death anniversary of freedom fighter Sheelbhadra Yaji at his native Bhakhtiyarpur.
"Pandit Nehru's contribution to the freedom movement and nation building cannot be forgotten," the senior JD(U) leader said.
In an apparent attack against BJP, he said "Those ruling in Delhi at present had no role in the freedom movement."
Nitish said there were different streams in the struggle for country's Independence. On the one hand was Mahatma Gandhi's non-violent agitation while on the another side there were revolutionaries like Bose, Sardar Bhagat Singh and Khudiram Bose.
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Kumar reiterated the commitment of his government to
make every village a "smart village" by enhancing civic facilities so that nobody felt the urge to move out to urban centres for want of these.
The CM harped on prohibition and counted the advantages of liquor ban in terms of improvement in environment at home and community and also reeled out figures to highlight how money saved after prohibition is being used in consumption of milk, sweets and other household items.
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