New Delhi:

Opposition events on Wednesday attacked Dwelling Minister Amit Shah for his remarks in opposition to India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, with Congress leaders saying no one has the best to insult those that fought in opposition to British Rule and provided all the pieces to help the liberty battle.

BJP leaders, nonetheless, asserted that no matter Mr Shah mentioned within the Lok Sabha about former PM Nehru is appropriate, and historical past needs to be advised.

Mr Shah on Wednesday blamed Nehru’s “two main blunders” — declaring a ceasefire with out profitable total Kashmir and taking the difficulty to the United Nations — for the sufferings of the folks of Jammu and Kashmir.

The house minister skilled his weapons at Nehru whereas replying to a debate within the Lok Sabha on the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Modification) Invoice and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Modification) Invoice.

Reacting to Mr Shah’s remarks, Congress normal secretary and Rajya Sabha MP Jairam Ramesh wrote on X, “At this time within the Lok Sabha, the house minister made intentionally provocative and blatantly false statements on Nehru’s function in J&Ok in 1947 and 1948”.

“Dr Farooq Abdullah instantly referred to as out the distorian masquerading as a pseudo-historian,” he mentioned. Mr Abdullah is Nationwide Convention’s president and represents Srinagar within the Decrease Home of Parliament.

“These are techniques to derail the Congress and INDIA’s narratives, and I for one won’t fall into Mr Shah lure. His workplace ought to get him to learn Chandrasekhar Dasgupta’s masterly guide, ‘Conflict and Diplomacy in Kashmir’ wherein many such myths have been uncovered,” Mr Ramesh added.

Congress MP Manish Tewari described Amit Shah’s remarks in opposition to Nehru as “completely faulty” and advised PTI that “in hindsight with a six by six imaginative and prescient, yow will discover fault with any determination of the federal government”.

“Ceasefire occurred as a result of the then authorities was suggested by the commander-in-chief of the Indian Military Common Roy Bucher,” he mentioned, asserting that the ceasefire was “inevitable” at that cut-off date.

Mr Tewari mentioned, “In as far as taking the matter to the United Nations is anxious, let’s not neglect that the world was rising from the devastating second world struggle which had killed hundreds of thousands and hundreds of thousands of individuals. The atomic bomb had been used for the primary time.” He mentioned the United Nations was created as an establishment with a purpose to finish all future wars and India was a signatory to the UN conference even earlier than it grew to become impartial.

“Subsequently, the federal government at that cut-off date sought the intervention of the United Nations to make Pakistan vacate the territory it was illegally occupying, it was not a incorrect determination,” the Anandpur Sahib MP added.

Congress Rajya Sabha MP and celebration’s Gujarat unit president Shaktisinh Gohil mentioned no one has the best to make such feedback in opposition to India’s first prime minister who fought in opposition to British Rule and provided all the pieces to help the liberty battle.

“Be it Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Nehru ji, Baba Saheb Ambedkar, they fought in opposition to British, provided all the pieces that they’d together with ancestral property on the ft of Mahatma Gandhi for freedom battle,” he mentioned.

“Nehru and Patel have been two sides of the identical coin. The remark that he (Amit Shah) has made right this moment is an insult to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Nehru ji. No person has the best to take action,” he mentioned, including, “Making such feedback at the moment is an insult to the nation, Sardar Patel, Nehru Ji and their insurance policies. Such politics isn’t good for the nation in any respect”.

Congress Rajya Sabha MP Pramod Tiwari slammed Amit Shah for his remarks, saying, “We’d not have gotten freedom, if Pandit Nehru, Mahatma Gandhi and different freedom fighters weren’t there. What Nehru saved amid these opposed circumstances (in Kashmir), thanks for that,” he added.

RSP chief and Lok Sabha member N Ok Premachandran mentioned it was “fairly unlucky” on the a part of central cupboard ministers describing India’s first prime minister’s “actions as Nehruvian blunders”.

“They’re saying that these are the errors of the then prime minister (Nehru). Could also be a mistake however utilizing the phrase blunder means it’s a silly mistake,” he mentioned and requested, “Is it the way in which of addressing the primary prime minister of the nation, freedom fighter and architect of recent India.” “I do not say that it is unparliamentary. Possibly there is no such thing as a technical defect in it. However on the similar time we have now to keep up the decorum and have mutual respect for one another, be it’s treasury benches or opposition aspect,” Mr Premchandran advised PTI.

Mr Abdullah mentioned,”They’ve at all times had variations with Nehru. There may be nothing new in it. They are going to by no means acknowledge Nehru’s work. So it retains taking place. That is politics”.

BJP chief and Union Minister Giriraj Singh described Amit Shah’s remarks about Nehru as appropriate and claimed that “happiness” has returned in Jammu and Kashmir for the reason that scrapping of Article 370.

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