Defense Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday mentioned the lotus isn’t just a celebration image however is related to India’s cultural identification, as he slammed these creating controversy over the looks of the flower’s picture on the G20 brand.
The brand was unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 8 November. The opposition Congress had accused the BJP of selling its election image lotus.
“One feels sad that a controversy has arisen over the symbols of our country’s culture and people associated with its cultural identity,” Singh mentioned at an occasion.
The G20 brand for 2023 when India will chair the group. (Photo: PIB)
Singh mentioned that the lotus is the nationwide flower and is related to the cultural identification of India.
He mentioned, ‘Seeing the lotus flower (on the emblem), some individuals created a ruckus. He mentioned that the lotus flower is the election image of the BJP. There is a restrict to creating allegations.
Singh was addressing a gathering after unveiling the statue of legendary warrior Prithviraj Chauhan in Haryana’s Jhajjar.
Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and State BJP chief OP Dhankar had been additionally current.
The fact is that in 1950 the Government of India had declared lotus because the nationwide flower. And they did it as a result of the lotus is a logo of our cultural identification.
“In 1857, during the first freedom struggle of the country, the people who were taking part in it had roti in one hand and a lotus flower in the other. Should we forget this lotus flower? Did the prime minister commit a crime (by launching a lotus as the logo of the G-20)? There was an uproar over this. Just because it is the election symbol of any party, should we drop it and revoke the recognition of lotus as the national flower of India,” Singh requested.
India will take over the chairmanship of the highly effective grouping from the present chair, Indonesia, on December 1. The G20 or Group of 20 is an intergovernmental discussion board of the world’s main developed and growing economies.
After the Congress criticized the federal government over the picture of the flower within the G20 brand, the BJP hit again saying that the lotus was declared the nationwide flower by the then Congress authorities in 1950 and requested that the grand outdated occasion ought to “everyone”. condemning and weakening”. nationwide image.
Referring to the election image of the Congress, Singh mentioned, “If the election symbol of any party is hand, then should the use of this word be stopped.” If the election image of a celebration is a cycle, then should not we sit on the cycle as a result of it’s the election image.
He mentioned that there are some individuals who attempt to keep away from every little thing associated to India’s cultural identification.
He mentioned that so long as the BJP-led authorities is in energy, it won’t let our cultural identification are available in the way in which, irrespective of how a lot sacrifice we now have to make for it.
Can India, which believes in “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam” (the world is one household), survive with out such an identification of its personal, he requested.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
