New Delhi:
Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu slammed the Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP) over the difficulty of allocation of house for a memorial for former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, and accused the ruling occasion of “enjoying politics.”
Attacking BJP additional, Mr Sidhu requested how had the occasion felt if former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee had not bought a memorial at Rajghat. He additional mentioned that this problem just isn’t of 1 occasion however of your entire nation’s historical past.
Chatting with reporters, Mr Sidhu mentioned, “When an individual dies, all enmity vanishes with him… however politics is being performed right here. I ask a small query if Atal Ji’s final rites have been to be carried out and somebody had mentioned that the memorial wouldn’t be constructed at Raj Ghat, it could be constructed someplace else, how would you’re feeling?… This problem just isn’t of any occasion however of the nation’s historical past…”
Aam Aadmi Get together MP Sanjay Singh slammed the BJP-led central authorities on the difficulty of allocation of house for a memorial for Dr Singh, saying that it’s unlucky that leaders even have to speak about this problem.
Mr Singh requested the federal government to inform the title of any former PM whose final rites have been carried out at Nigambodh Ghat and never within the Rajghat premises.
Chatting with ANI, Sanjay Singh mentioned, “It’s unlucky that we even have to speak about this. This reveals how obnoxious the federal government’s pondering is… I need to ask PM Narendra Modi, why are you not prepared to provide house for PM Manmohan Singh’s final rites within the Rajghat premises? This occasion calls itself essentially the most cultured? Inform me the title of 1 former PM whose final rites have been carried out in Nigambodh… How disrespected the Sikh neighborhood should really feel…”
Congress chief Partap Singh Bajwa mentioned, “This isn’t a difficulty in any respect, PM Modi’s authorities ought to have thought of it beforehand. The entire nation desires that his final rites must be carried out on the similar place the place his memorial is to be constructed. This demand isn’t just of Congress, not simply of Punjab and Sikh neighborhood, this can be a worldwide demand of all Indians. There is no such thing as a want to consider it, the federal government ought to have thought of it beforehand…”
Earlier at present, BJP nationwide spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi launched a scathing assault on Congress for indulging in “politics” over the demise of Dr Manmohan Singh. He mentioned that Congress by no means revered the previous PM.
Mr Trivedi mentioned it was Congress’ historical past that they by no means revered any chief exterior the Gandhi household.
“No less than at present, on this hour of grief, politics must be prevented,” he mentioned, including that the Modi authorities has revered all leaders no matter the occasion affiliation by giving Bharat Ratna to former Prime Ministers PV Narasimha Rao, Madan Mohan Malviya and former President Pranab Mukherjee.
On Friday, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and House Minister Amit Shah over the cellphone and requested to have the funeral of Manmohan Singh at a spot the place his memorial will be constructed, in response to a put up by the Indian Nationwide Congress on X.
“I’m scripting this within the context of the unhappy demise of Dr Manmohan Singh, former Prime Minister of India. Apropos our telephonic dialog this morning, whereby I requested to carry Dr Manmohan Singh’s final rites, which can happen tomorrow i.e. twenty eighth December 2024, at his closing resting place that might be a sacrosanct venue for the memorial of the nice son of India. That is in step with such custom of getting memorials of statesmen and former Prime Ministers on the very place of their funerals,” Mr Kharge wrote in his letter.
Instantly after the Cupboard assembly, House Minister Amit Shah communicated to Mr Kharge and the household of late Manmohan Singh that the Authorities will allocate house for the memorial.
“In the intervening time, cremation and different formalities can occur as a result of a belief needs to be fashioned and house needs to be allotted to it,” the federal government mentioned.
Manmohan Singh died on Thursday on the age of 92 on account of age-related medical situations. He had a sudden lack of consciousness at dwelling after which he was rushed to AIIMS, Delhi.
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