Gandhi boxUproar over Hegde remarks

Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned till noon following uproar by Opposition members over BJP leader Anant Hegde’s controversial remarks on Mahatma Gandhi. Members sought to raise the issue of Hegde’s remarks but Speaker Om Birla did not allow them. Later,...

Tribune News Service

Updated At : 11:53 AM Feb 05, 2020 IST

At an event in Bengaluru recently, Hegde had said freedom fighters, who did not sacrifice anything, made the country believe that it attained Independence through ‘upavas satyagrah’.

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