Jairam Ramesh calls Jawaharlal Nehru ‘extraordinary institution builder’, shares 1959 apology letter to Justice Vivian Bose
Ramesh, in a post on
The post included an image of the letter dated June 26, 1959, in which Nehru expressed “deep regret” for the remarks he made about Justice Bose at a press conference in Delhi earlier the same month. In the letter, Nehru acknowledged that his comments were “inappropriate” and that he “should not have been allowed” to make them.
“I am fully aware that these remarks were inappropriate and I should not have allowed myself to utter them,” Nehru wrote, adding that he remained “quite oblivious” to the questions put to him and was busy at the time. The judge asked Bose to accept his apology for the “impropriety” he had committed.
Nehru also stated that he had received a letter from the Secretary of the Calcutta Bar Association Library Club conveying a resolution disapproving of the Calcutta Bar Association’s remarks. He stated that he had already responded to the Bar Association and had attached a copy of this response to the letter he forwarded to Justice Bose.
Meanwhile, Ramesh on Tuesday reiterated his criticism of the India-US interim trade deal, stating that New Delhi was “forced to accept more than it has from Washington”. In a post on
“It did not take long for President Trump and his team to debunk the tall claims made by the Prime Minister and his many megaphones on the Indo-US trade deal. Clearly, the US understanding of the deal is very different from the propaganda put out by the Modi Government. This is not a calibrated opening, but a forced opening. India had to concede more than it had,” he said.
