Hitting again at Union Home Minister Amit Shah for his remarks on former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru in reference to Kashmir, Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Thursday (December 7) dared the Centre to “get back Pakistan-occupied Kashmir” (PoK) before the 2024 normal elections and stated that if the BJP does so, it will “get all the votes of entire India” in subsequent 12 months’s Lok Sabha polls. He stated that the saffron get together has been in energy for practically 10 years and was earlier on the helm throughout Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and requested who had stopped it from reclaiming PoK.
“This matter should be discussed in the House for the entire day. This is not a small matter. It is not only Amit Shah who knows the history of India, there must be others too. So, people of the country would get to know. There should be a debate on the issue for the entire day in the House,” Chowdhury stated.
“Supposed that Nehru did commit the mistake that the BJP has been complaining about for decades, Amit Shah had said that PoK would be brought back when Article 370 was scrapped in 2019. It has been 10 years since PM Modi came to power, Atal Bihari Vajpayee was in power for 6 years. At least bring an apple from PoK. They talk big here. So, who is stopping the BJP?…Get back PoK before 2024 elections. You will get all the votes of entire India,” he added.
What had Amit Shah stated that triggered the Opposition?
Amit Shah, whereas discussing Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023, and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2023, which had been later handed by the Lower House, yesterday, stated that Nehru had dedicated two errors which value India.
“Two mistakes that happened due to the decision of (former PM) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru due to which Kashmir had to suffer for many years. The first is to declare a ceasefire – when our army was winning, the ceasefire was imposed. If there had been a ceasefire after three days, PoK would have been a part of India today… The second is to take our internal issue to the UN,” Shah stated.
Opposition reacts
RJD MP Manoj Jha additionally retorted to Shah’s comment and urged holding a 12-hour-long dialogue about him sooner or later.
“Read the letters of Syama Prasad Mookerjee, take a look at the final section of Mahadev Desai. You will get to know all the pieces. I imagine that in case you are so scared of Nehru, even right now, you must arrange the Ministry of Jawaharlal Nehru and have a 12-hour-long dialogue about him sooner or later. The actuality will be out…” he stated.
The Winter Session of the Parliament commenced on December 4 and will proceed until December 22.
(With ANI inputs)
