Rahul stated only facts: Cong

NEW DELHI: With Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's remarks crediting his family with the independence of India and break-up of Pakistan which under attack from main opposition BJP, Samajwadi Party and CPI, Congress on Sanday defended him saying he was stating historical facts.

"The statement (by Rahul) should be viewed holistically and not out of context. None of the elements is factually wrong. After the contribution of Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar
Patel, that tradition continued with Motilal Nehru and Jawaharlal Nehru and others. This cannot be overemphasised", Congress spokesman Abhishek Singhvi said.

He said the spirit of Rahul Gandhi's statment was to remind and underline Indira Gandhi's remarkable victory over Pakistan in 1971 war which made India proud.

Even the then opposition leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee had hailed Indira Gandhi as the Durga, Singhvi said adding "surely, talk of development and historical issues are not
either inaccurate or impertinent".