Both the Houses of the Parliament will on Wednesday hold a special session to mark the 75th anniversary of the Quit India Movement. The Treasury Benches of the Lok Sabha will be led by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj , while Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will lead the Treasury Bench of the Upper House. A resolution to this effect was passed on Tuesday. The regular proceedings of both the Houses, like the Question Hour, Zero Hour etc will be suspended and leaders of both parties will address the House. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also expected to speak today. As part of the anniversary celebration, the Lower House will adopt a resolution which will be passed reaffirming the member’s commitment to the nation,
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Representational image. PTI[/caption] On Tuesday, Congress president Sonia Gandhi addressed a special Congress Working Committee meeting in Delhi to mark the occasion, where she highlighted the Congress party’s role in the freedom struggle and took a swipe at the BJP on the issue of nationalism. “Today many sections live in fear, none more than the minorities, the Dalits, the tribals and women. Not a day passes without an incident where the liberty of the individual has not been trampled upon by anti-social elements or self-appointed vigilantes,” she had said. Sonia had accused the government of encouraging vigilantes and said there was threat to the country’s pluralism. She had said the Quit India movement was a reminder for the party that “brute force” can and must be resisted in the name of freedom and called upon party workers to persevere at time when the party is facing multi-faceted challenges. Attacking the BJP, Sonia had said political descendants of those who had collaborated with the colonial government were holding high office. “While we salute the patriots, we must not forget that there were organizations and individuals who opposed the 1942 movement and actually collaborated with the colonial government. Their political descendants are the very people who today hold high office and have arrogated to themselves the role of torch bearers of our freedom,” she had said. With inputs from agencies
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