It’s a gimmick: Congress on PM Modi’s ‘Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan, Jai Vigyan, Jai Anusandhaan’ slogan

NEW DELHI: A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort on the 75th anniversary of India’s independence in which he added ‘Jai Anusandhaan (hail innovation)’ to the already existing slogan of ‘Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan, Jai Vigyan’, the Congress called it a gimmick.

In his speech on Monday, Modi said, “Till today we always remember our revered Lal Bahadur Shastri ji for his inspirational clarion call of ‘Jai Jawan Jai Kisan’, meaning 'Hail the Soldier, Hail the Farmer’. Later Atal Bihari Vajpayee ji added a new link of ‘Jai Vigyan’, which meant ‘hail science’ and we gave it utmost importance. But in this new phase of Amrit Kaal now it is imperative to add ‘Jai Anusandhaan’, that is ‘hail innovation’.”