The BJP and the Congress on Monday clashed over Jawaharlal Nehru’s Kashmir coverage, with Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju and Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri calling Nehru’s choice to take the matter to the United Nations a “silly” and “monumental blunder”. as instructed.
Congress paid tributes to Nehru on his 133rd beginning anniversary, as get together leaders stated “motivated efforts” had been being made to defame him and Union ministers had been “abusing Pandit-ji every day.”
Rijiju, who has criticized Nehru on a number of events in latest days, stated in a sequence of tweets that Nehru perpetuated the “myth” of a UN referendum in Jammu and Kashmir and created “divisive” Article 370. June 1947 What Hari Singh needed was to affix the Indian dominion. As a lot as Nehru stated in his notice to Mountbatten… the folks of this area, together with the remainder of India, need to know the reality of what truly occurred…’ he posted.
In Srinagar, Puri stated, “Why was the (Kashmir) concern taken to a global or multinational degree? My information has been that then Maharaja Hari Singh was blissful to signal the Instrument of Accession…. But the political management in Delhi was saying that they needed it (accession) on a wider foundation and therefore they needed a plebiscite. So they needed to take it to a multilateral platform.
He stated, “Was it an error of judgment? You can say that the man (Nehru) made a mistake but you cannot justify him. Historical facts are staring at you that making references (to multinational forums) and referendums.” It isn’t silly to demand, I feel it’s a massive mistake…”
Congress normal secretary Jairam Ramesh retorted by tweeting, “(Mo) rowdies will continue to distort, malign and malign but Nehru will continue to inspire and his relevance has only increased after 2014.”
with PTI enter
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
