BJP ideologue instructed me Nehru being vilified is one factor, however Hari Singh being exalted takes the cake

By PTI

NEW DELHI: Senior Congress chief Jairam Ramesh on Sunday stated he spoke to a BJP ideologue about Union minister Kiren Rijiju’s criticism of Jawaharlal Nehru on the Kashmir problem and was instructed that Nehru being vilified is one factor, however erstwhile ruler Hari Singh being exalted as a benevolent hero “takes the cake”.

Rijiju had said that Nehru’s “blunders”, which included enacting Article 370 and taking the dispute with Pakistan to the United Nations, precipitated a lot tragedy, drained the nation’s sources and value 1000’s of lives of troopers and civilians in militancy.

“I spoke to a BJP ideologue this morning about Kiren Rijiju, the latest entrant to the club of Distorians,” Ramesh stated in a tweet.

“He (the BJP idealogue) sent me the following message: The strange thing is, Nehru being vilified is one thing, Hari Singh being exalted as some sort of upright & benevolent hero takes the cake,” the senior Congress chief stated with out naming the “BJP ideologue”.

Hari Singh was the final ruling Maharaja of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir. He signed the Instrument of Accession to India.

Rijiju wrote an article for a portal citing “five Nehruvian blunders”, together with floating the thought of a plebiscite and terming Jammu and Kashmir’s accession provisional.

The minister had stated it was essential to appreciate previous errors to construct a brand new future and added he has not tweaked historical past however said details to set the file straight.

The Congress on Saturday demanded an apology from Rijiju over his criticism of Nehru’s dealing with of the Kashmir problem and requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to rein in ministers from making “irresponsible statements”.

Slamming Rijiju, senior Congress chief Anand Sharma had stated, “I can only pity the mental bankruptcy of minister Rijiju. He has no understanding of history, there is no proof, no evidence.”

“I might say the prime minister ought to rein in ministers from making such unfaithful, false and irresponsible statements as have been made on this regard.

The account of that interval in 1947 has been rigorously documented not by one however a couple of one that had been instantly related to the merger of princely states,” Sharma instructed reporters on Saturday.

The BJP on Thursday had used the seventy fifth anniversary of Jammu and Kashmir’s accession to India to slam Nehru for his “blunders” on the difficulty and asserted that Prime Minister Modi corrected them by nullifying Article 370, which granted the erstwhile state particular rights.

The Congress had hit again on the ruling occasion, saying its leaders don’t know of latest historical past and that they have to account for what has occurred below its rule there quite than blaming Nehru and different former prime ministers.

NEW DELHI: Senior Congress chief Jairam Ramesh on Sunday stated he spoke to a BJP ideologue about Union minister Kiren Rijiju’s criticism of Jawaharlal Nehru on the Kashmir problem and was instructed that Nehru being vilified is one factor, however erstwhile ruler Hari Singh being exalted as a benevolent hero “takes the cake”.

Rijiju had said that Nehru’s “blunders”, which included enacting Article 370 and taking the dispute with Pakistan to the United Nations, precipitated a lot tragedy, drained the nation’s sources and value 1000’s of lives of troopers and civilians in militancy.

“I spoke to a BJP ideologue this morning about Kiren Rijiju, the latest entrant to the club of Distorians,” Ramesh stated in a tweet.

“He (the BJP idealogue) sent me the following message: The strange thing is, Nehru being vilified is one thing, Hari Singh being exalted as some sort of upright & benevolent hero takes the cake,” the senior Congress chief stated with out naming the “BJP ideologue”.

Hari Singh was the final ruling Maharaja of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir. He signed the Instrument of Accession to India.

Rijiju wrote an article for a portal citing “five Nehruvian blunders”, together with floating the thought of a plebiscite and terming Jammu and Kashmir’s accession provisional.

The minister had stated it was essential to appreciate previous errors to construct a brand new future and added he has not tweaked historical past however said details to set the file straight.

The Congress on Saturday demanded an apology from Rijiju over his criticism of Nehru’s dealing with of the Kashmir problem and requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to rein in ministers from making “irresponsible statements”.

Slamming Rijiju, senior Congress chief Anand Sharma had stated, “I can only pity the mental bankruptcy of minister Rijiju. He has no understanding of history, there is no proof, no evidence.”

“I might say the prime minister ought to rein in ministers from making such unfaithful, false and irresponsible statements as have been made on this regard.

The account of that interval in 1947 has been rigorously documented not by one however a couple of one that had been instantly related to the merger of princely states,” Sharma instructed reporters on Saturday.

The BJP on Thursday had used the seventy fifth anniversary of Jammu and Kashmir’s accession to India to slam Nehru for his “blunders” on the difficulty and asserted that Prime Minister Modi corrected them by nullifying Article 370, which granted the erstwhile state particular rights.

The Congress had hit again on the ruling occasion, saying its leaders don’t know of latest historical past and that they have to account for what has occurred below its rule there quite than blaming Nehru and different former prime ministers.