This year's address marked a significant moment, not only for its duration but also for the content and context surrounding India's 78th Independence Day celebrations.

Jawaharlal Nehru visited Austria in 1955, marking the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister since the establishment of diplomatic ties in 1949.

In the interview, former Pakistan Prime Minister heaps priases on India's first Prime Minister Pt Jawaharlal Nehru and his endevour to build democratic institutions in India.

Priyanka Gandhi said, "Did Pandit Nehru, the guardian of India's consciousness, consider Indians lazy? Yesterday in the temple of democracy, Parliament, Prime Minister Modi made this very allegation against Pandit Nehru. Is there any truth in this?"

PM Modi said, ‘The nation deserves a good opposition but the Congress also failed in that, not letting other opposition voices to come out’, adding the party is following “cancel culture”, which seeks to oppose and cancel every development and success of the country.

“The Congress is still the main opposition party. Its place is undisputed. But how to strengthen this presence? This is the question. It is the job of party leaders to consider this," Sharmistha Mukherjee said.

Gandhi also said the whole matter was about distracting from the issue of caste census and in whose hands the country's money is going.