Manmohan Singh memorial row: The Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP) nationwide president JP Nadda as we speak (December 28) mentioned the Centre has determined to allocate area for the memorial of Manmohan Singh and knowledgeable his household about it, as he accused the Congress occasion of indulging in low-cost politics over the previous prime minister’s cremation.
BJP chief’s response got here after the Congress accused the Centre of insulting Singh, the nation’s first Sikh prime minister, by performing his final rites at Nigam Bodh Ghat as an alternative of a chosen spot that could possibly be changed into his memorial.
BJP-led Centre completely insulted Manmohan Singh: Rahul Gandhi
Chief of Opposition (LoP) within the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi mentioned the BJP-led Centre had completely insulted Singh, an ideal son of Mom India and the primary prime minister from the Sikh group, by performing his final rites at Nigambodh Ghat.
Reacting sharply, Nadda mentioned, “It’s totally unlucky that former Congress president Rahul Gandhi and incumbent Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge usually are not refraining from enjoying politics even over the previous prime minister’s unhappy demise.”
PM Modi allocates area for Dr Singh’s memorial
The Union minister mentioned the federal government underneath Prime Minister Narendra Modi had allotted area for Singh’s memorial and likewise knowledgeable his household about it.
“But, the Congress is spreading lies,” he mentioned.
“Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge and different Congress leaders ought to chorus from indulging in such low-cost politics,” Nadda mentioned.
Congress degraded PM place by putting Sonia Gandhi as “tremendous prime minister”
The BJP chief alleged that the Congress “tarnished and degraded” the place of the prime minister by putting Sonia Gandhi as “tremendous prime minister” over Singh.
“Not simply this. The way in which Rahul Gandhi insulted Manmohan Singh by tearing an ordinance, there is no such thing as a different instance of this,” he added.
“The identical Congress is as we speak enjoying politics over the loss of life of Manmohan Singh,” the BJP chief mentioned, alleging that the Gandhi household had not given respect to anybody besides itself.
Nadda charged that the Gandhi household didn’t do justice to Singh or some other leader- be them from the Congress or different parties- citing the examples of BR Ambedkar, India’s first president Rajendra Prasad, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, former prime ministers Lal Bahadur Shastri, PV Narasimha Rao and Atal Bihari Vajpayee, ex-president Pranab Mukherjee and Sitaram Kesri.
“The Gandhi household has at all times insulted all different huge leaders (than these a part of the household),” the BJP chief mentioned.
He alleged that Sonia Gandhi had rejected the request for establishing a monument to Rao.
“His (Rao’s) physique was not even given a spot within the Congress workplace. The Congress didn’t need his final rites to be held in Delhi. His funeral was held in Hyderabad. It was Modi who established the memorial to Rao in 2015 and honoured him with the Bharat Ratna,” Nadda mentioned.
Congress insulted Atal Bihari Vajpayee
“Even after the passing of Vajpayeeji, Congress leaders and their supporters continued to insult him,” he charged. In 2020, when Bharat Ratna Pranab Mukherjee died, the Congress Working Committee didn’t even trouble to name a condolence assembly.
“In 2013, the Congress-led UPA authorities determined to construct a nationwide memorial and had mentioned that there can be no separate memorial for any chief. It was Prime Minister Modi who constructed the Prime Ministers Museum and Library to recollect them and to make individuals of the nation conversant in them,” he mentioned.
“The Congress has solely constructed memorials for its members of the family,” the BJP chief mentioned and requested the occasion to be taught from Modi the true which means of giving respect.
Nadda mentioned that in line with an estimate, about 600 authorities schemes, academic establishments, awards, roads, nationwide parks, museums, airports, ports and buildings within the nation have been named after members of the Nehru-Gandhi household by Congress governments.
“The variety of schemes within the title of different personalities could be counted on the fingers,” he mentioned and added, “Our nation will neither overlook nor forgive the sins of the unprincipled Congress.”
Dharmendra Pradhan on Manmohan Singh memorial row
Slamming the Congress and Rahul Gandhi, Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan mentioned it was “very unlucky” that they felt it needed to advertise their “political agenda” at a time when the whole nation is mourning the unhappy demise of the previous prime minister.
“Is that this not an insult to the previous prime minister? Why are the emotions of his grieving household being mocked,” he requested in a put up on X.
Pradhan mentioned that quickly after Singh’s demise, the Union Cupboard determined to allocate a spot for his final rites and a memorial to honour him, and Union Dwelling Minister Amit Shah knowledgeable the previous prime minister’s household and Congress president Kharge about it.
“The Congress ought to chorus from this shameful politics on this hour of grief and respect the reminiscences of former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh,” Pradhan mentioned.