By PTI
NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday accused the Congress of decreasing the ceremonial sceptre Sengol, which might be put in near the chair of the speaker inside the new Parliament establishing, to a “walking stick”.
Amid the disagreement between the ruling and opposition occasions over the inauguration of the model new Parliament establishing, Shah talked about the Congress should “reflect” on its behaviour as he denounced the get collectively’s declare that there was no proof of the Sengol being an emblem of swap of vitality by the British to India in 1947.
“Why does the Congress party hate Indian traditions and culture so much? A sacred Sengol was given to Pandit Nehru by a holy Saivite Mutt from Tamil Nadu to symbolize India’s freedom but it was banished to a museum as a ‘walking stick’,” Shah tweeted.
“Now, Congress has heaped another shameful insult. The Thiruvaduthurai Adheenam, a holy Saivite Mutt, itself spoke about the importance of the Sengol at the time of India’s freedom,” he talked about.
Congress, he further posted, is trying the “Adheenam’s history as BOGUS! Congress needs to reflect on their behaviour”.
Congress chief Jairam Ramesh on Friday claimed there was no documented proof of Lord Mountbatten, C Rajagopalachari and Jawaharlal Nehru describing the Sengol as an emblem of swap of vitality by the British to India.
The Sengol might be put in near the Chair of the Lok Sabha speaker after the model new Parliament establishing is inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday.
The event is being boycotted by 20 Opposition occasions, along with the Congress.
NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday accused the Congress of decreasing the ceremonial sceptre Sengol, which might be put in near the chair of the speaker inside the new Parliament establishing, to a “walking stick”.
Amid the disagreement between the ruling and opposition occasions over the inauguration of the model new Parliament establishing, Shah talked about the Congress should “reflect” on its behaviour as he denounced the get collectively’s declare that there was no proof of the Sengol being an emblem of swap of vitality by the British to India in 1947.
“Why does the Congress party hate Indian traditions and culture so much? A sacred Sengol was given to Pandit Nehru by a holy Saivite Mutt from Tamil Nadu to symbolize India’s freedom but it was banished to a museum as a ‘walking stick’,” Shah tweeted.googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
“Now, Congress has heaped another shameful insult. The Thiruvaduthurai Adheenam, a holy Saivite Mutt, itself spoke about the importance of the Sengol at the time of India’s freedom,” he talked about.
Congress, he further posted, is trying the “Adheenam’s history as BOGUS! Congress needs to reflect on their behaviour”.
Congress chief Jairam Ramesh on Friday claimed there was no documented proof of Lord Mountbatten, C Rajagopalachari and Jawaharlal Nehru describing the Sengol as an emblem of swap of vitality by the British to India.
The Sengol might be put in near the Chair of the Lok Sabha speaker after the model new Parliament establishing is inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday.
The event is being boycotted by 20 Opposition occasions, along with the Congress.
