NEW DELHI: Congress chief Jairam Ramesh on Friday claimed there isn’t a documented proof of Lord Mountbatten, C Rajagopalachari and Jawaharlal Nehru describing the ‘Sengol’ as an emblem of switch of energy by the British to India. He additionally alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his drum-beaters are utilizing the ceremonial sceptre for his or her political ends in Tamil Nadu.
The ‘Sengol’ will likely be put in near the Chair of the Lok Sabha speaker after the brand new Parliament constructing is inaugurated by Modi on May 28, an occasion 20 Opposition events, together with the Congress, are boycotting. On Thursday, the BJP had alleged that the Congress displayed disregard for Hindu traditions by calling the sacred ‘Sengol’ a “golden stick gifted” to India’s first prime minister Nehru and tucking it away in a museum.
The vesting of the “sacred ‘Sengol'” with Nehru, on the eve of India’s Independence, was the precise second of switch of energy from the British to India, BJP chief Amit Malviya had mentioned. On Twitter, Ramesh mentioned, “The sceptre is now being used by the PM (prime minister) and his drum-beaters for their political ends in Tamil Nadu. This is typical of this brigade that embroiders facts to suit its twisted objectives. The real question is why is President Droupadi Murmu not being allowed to inaugurate the new Parliament.”
He claimed {that a} majestic sceptre conceived of by a non secular institution within the Madras province and crafted in Madras metropolis (now Chennai) was certainly offered to Nehru in August 1947. “There is no documented evidence whatsoever of Mountbatten, Rajaji and Nehru describing this sceptre as a symbol of transfer of British power to India. All claims to this effect are plain and simple — bodgus,” he mentioned.
“Wholly and completely manufactured in the minds of a few and dispersed into WhatsApp, and now to the drum-beaters in the media. Two of the finest Rajaji scholars with impeccable credentials have expressed surprise,” the Congress common secretary communications mentioned. While saying the boycott, the Opposition events had mentioned the prime minister’s resolution to inaugurate it by himself, “completely sidelining President Droupadi Murmu, is not only a grave insult but a direct assault on our democracy which demands a commensurate response”.
“Is it any surprise that the new Parliament is being consecrated with typically false narratives from WhatsApp University? The BJP-RSS distorians stand exposed yet again with maximum claims, minimum evidence,” Congress common secretary communications Ramesh mentioned in his tweet. He mentioned the sceptre offered to Nehru was later saved for show on the Allahabad Museum. What Nehru mentioned there on December 14, 1947 is a matter of public file regardless of no matter labels might say, Ramesh mentioned.
