New Delhi:
As the controversy over Dr Manmohan Singh’s choice of crematorium escalates significantly, senior Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra attack the Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled government at the Center, and the two-term Prime Minister He accused her of “insulting” his memory. Minister, you are not thinking beyond “politics and bigotry”.
Bharatiya Janata Party president JP Nadda, who is leading a relentless counterattack, said the Congress and Rahul Gandhi were playing “cheap politics” in Singh’s name, saying that a leader who is not from the Nehru-Gandhi family He accused the party of not doing justice.
Dr Singh, who passed away on Thursday at the age of 92, was cremated at Delhi’s Nigambor Ghat on Saturday with full national honours. A day before the funeral, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge sent a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, citing Dr Singh’s stature and contribution to the country, requesting that the last rites be performed at the location where a monument in his name will also be erected. I requested that. .
Amid the growing controversy over the memorial, the Center announced ahead of the funeral that Home Minister Amit Shah had said that a site will be allocated for Dr Singh’s memorial and cremation will take place during that time.
“You should have shown some respect.”
However, after the funeral, Rahul Gandhi tweeted that the Bharatiya Janata Party had “completely insulted” the country’s first prime minister, who was from the Sikh community, by performing his last rites at Nigambod Ghat.
“Dr Manmohan Singh ji, the great son of Mother India and the first Prime Minister of the Sikh community, has been completely insulted by the present government by performing his last rites at Nigambod Ghat today. “During his tenure, the country became an economic powerhouse and his policies still support the poor and backward sections of the country,” said an opposition leader in the Lok Sabha. Mr. Gandhi posted: X.
“To this day, out of respect for the dignity of all former Prime Ministers, the last rites are performed at sanctioned burial grounds so that all can have their final ‘darshan’ and pay their respects without any inconvenience. “Dr Manmohan Singh deserves our highest respect and memorial. The government should have shown respect to this great son of this country and his proud community,” he added.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra highlighted many of the same issues as her brother, saying the government needed to think “beyond politics and bigotry” when it came to Dr Singh’s funeral venue.
“By failing to provide a suitable place for the cremation of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the government has done justice to the dignity of his position, Manmohan Singh’s character, his legacy and the self-respecting Sikh community. it means you haven’t done it Previously, all former Prime Ministers were accorded the highest honor and respect, but Dr. Manmohan Singh Ji deserves this honour, and Mr. Samadhi Sutar has transcended politics and parochialism on this issue. I should have thought about it.” Gandhi said.
The MP also claimed that Dr Singh’s family was “struggling for space” at the funeral venue.
“Cheap politics”
BJP president JP Nadda criticized the Congress and Rahul Gandhi over the claim, saying “cheap politics” was being played over Dr Singh’s cremation and said the Center had already allocated space for his memorial. He pointed out that it had been stated. He reiterated the charge that the Bharatiya Janata Party has often made against the Congress, saying that when the party was prime minister from 2004 to 2014, it called then-President Sonia Gandhi a “super prime minister” over Manmohan Singh. They accused him of having set his sights on the government.
“It is indeed ironic that former Congress President Rahul Gandhi and current President Mallikarjun Kharge have not refrained from political activities despite the sad passing of the Honorable Manmohan Singh, former Prime Minister of this country… The Congress never gave true respect to Dr. Manmohan Singh during his lifetime, and now he conducts political activities in the name of that respect, which positions Sonia Gandhi as a ‘super’ and holds the position of Prime Minister. This is the same Congress that desecrated it. He is more prime minister than Prime Minister Manmohan Singh,” the Union minister said in Hindi.
Bharatiya Janata Party politician slams Rahul Gandhi for “ruining” ordinances passed by Manmohan Singh’s cabinet in 2013, saying Gandhi had no respect for senior leaders outside his family and did not serve justice. he accused. He cited the examples of Sardar Patel, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Pranab Mukherjee and PV Narasimha Rao.
“After the death of former Prime Minister Shri Narasimha Rao on December 23, 2004, there was a demand to construct a ‘Samadhi Sthal’ (monument) at Delhi’s Rajghat complex, but super Prime Minister Sonia Gandhi Narasimha did not approve of it.His body was not a corpse. – He did not want Rao Ji’s last rites to be performed in Delhi, and then his last rites were performed. In Hyderabad, a ‘samadhi’ was built for Narasimha Rao Ji in 2024. It was also Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji who honored him by awarding him the Bharat Ratna,” he said.
“According to estimates, the Congress government in the country has named around 600 government schemes, educational institutions, awards, roads, national parks, museums, airports, ports, buildings and sports after the Nehru-Gandhi family. “Our country should never forget the unprincipled and historical sins of Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge and others of the Congress Party, and refrain from such rash actions,” he added.
