Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday studiously ignored the Nehru - Gandhi family legacy even as he invoked "sons of India" like Jayprakash Narayan, Ram Manohar Lohia and Lal Bahadur Shastri in his much - awaited New Year's address to the nation.
"Citizens displayed such patience, had Lal Bahadur Shastri, Jayprakash Narayan and Ram Manohar Lohia been alive, they would have blessed them, " the Prime Minister said.
Speaking in English later, he also invoked Congress leader K. Kamraj, who was Congress president between 1964 - 1967.
Modi also invoked Mahatma Gandhi, as well as Jan Sangh leader Deen Dayal Upadhyay.
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