Letters to BS: Bose weakened British empire in India, not Congress

Let not Rahul Gandhi harbour any illusions about his party's role in ending the British rule

With reference to your article, “Help fight forces of hatred: Rahul Gandhi’s appeal to NRIs in Bahrain” (January 9) Basking in the reflected glory of his “allied” electoral success in Gujarat, Mr Rahul Gandhi is emboldened to get back to the old Congress game — blaming the BJP of communalism. This, from the member of a party which has the dubious distinction of being the progenitor of divisive vote-bank politics of minority-appeasement and allying with the most communal elements. And astonishingly, he says his party knows how to defeat the BJP, since the former has the experience of defeating the