Congress chief and Rajya Sabha MP Ripun Bora on Friday described the Assam authorities’s transfer to rename Rajiv Gandhi National Park within the state as “political vendetta” and demanded its restoration.
In a letter to Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, the Congress chief stated that historical past will at all times keep in mind the late Prime Minister, who sacrificed his life for the unity and integrity of India.
Moreover, he stated, the folks of Assam will keep in mind him for Gandhi’s essential function within the historic Assam Accord of 1985, which ended years of bloodshed through the Assam Movement.
Bora stated that the Assam authorities took the choice to call the Orang National Park as Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park through the rule of the then Chief Minister Late Hiteshwar Saikia “as a mark of respect and honor to this great leader” and since then the nationwide park has been acknowledged as a global park. degree has been discovered.
He stated the cupboard assembly held on September 1 took a “sudden decision” to withdraw Rajiv Gandhi’s title from Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park and rename it as Orang National Park.
The Congress chief stated that it has brought on ache to the folks of Assam to an awesome extent and such selections is not going to assist in taking Assam on the trail of improvement, fairly it reveals the shortage of respect for an awesome chief who has served the nation. sacrificed his life for “
“There is each motive to imagine that your above determination is nothing however a political vendetta towards a former Prime Minister, who’s completely different from the political ideology of your celebration.
“In view of the foregoing facts and circumstances, I urge you to reconsider the above decision and retain the naming of Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park so that in the days to come, history does not cast it as a bad precedent,” he stated.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
