No women empowerment story complete without mentioning Indira Gandhi: Congress

New Delhi : The Congress on Sunday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for "not mentioning" India's first and only woman Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in his monthly radio programme speech while talking of "Nari Shakti" or woman power in the country's transformation.

 The Grand Old Party of Indian politics said no story of women empowerment in the country is complete without the mention of Indira Gandhi.

"There is no truth in the Prime Minister's talks. His talks and the reality are like North and South Poles. Today, he spoke about women empowerment but that too half-heartedly. No story of women empowerment is complete without



the mention of Indira Gandhi, who changed the history and geography of the world," Congress Spokesperson Pramod Tiwari told reporters here.

"Late Indira Gandhi saved the country from a major economic and strategic crisis within 14 days. Under her leadership, about 1 lakh Pakistani soldiers surrendered (at the end of the 1971 India-Pakistan war). A country Bangladesh came into existence. There cannot be a bigger example of women empowerment," he said.

Tiwari said it was the Congress which gave the first woman Prime Minister, President and Chief Minister to the country, besides other initiatives to empower women in the country.