Upset that Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not once mention former Premier Indira Gandhi during his Bangladesh visit that saw the culmination of an endeavour she began in 1974 — the Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) — the Congress on Monday demanded an apology from him for misrepresenting history and claiming all her work as his own.

“He has tried to re-write history by not acknowledging Indira Gandhi’s stand against repression in the erstwhile East Pakistan, her support for Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rehman who was in prison and the liberation movement.

Even while receiving the Bangladesh Liberation War Honour on behalf of the former Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, he forgot that his party senior had called Indira Gandhi ‘Durga’ for her role in the formation of Bangladesh,” senior Congress leader Anand Sharma said.

Further, the Congress faulted Mr. Modi for not taking the Chief Ministers of the three other States affected by the LBA along with him to Dhaka for the exchange of instruments of ratification of the agreement.

Only West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was present. “The Assam, Tripura and Meghalaya CMs were left out,” Mr. Sharma said.