‘One other Try To Divide Nation’: BJP Slams Congress Over Distorted Map, To Maintain Huge Dharna In Belagavi – News18
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The posters in query allegedly depicted ‘Kashmir as a part of Pakistan’ and excluded the Gilgit area of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and the Aksai Chin area underneath Chinese language administration, each of that are thought of integral elements of India
Forward of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) assembly on December 26 and 27, these controversial posters cropped up throughout town. File pic
The Bharatiya Janata Social gathering in Karnataka has discovered recent ammunition to focus on the Congress after a distorted map of India has created fairly a furore throughout the Belagavi winter session of the meeting, the place particular focus is being given to commemorating the centenary of the 1924 Congress session led by Mahatma Gandhi.
The Karnataka BJP will maintain a large dharna in Belagavi to protest towards this “main error”.
“We’ll organise a dharna in entrance of the Suvarna Soudha close to the Gandhi statue, involving all our MLAs and former MLAs, to reveal how the Congress distorted the Indian map and misused public funds,” BJP state president BY Vijayendra mentioned.
Forward of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) assembly on December 26 and 27, these controversial posters cropped up throughout town.
Vijayendra mentioned that regardless that the posters that includes the distorted map have been eliminated, it “clearly displays the mindset of the Congress get together not simply in Karnataka however throughout the nation”. He referred to as the centenary celebrations a “waste of taxpayers’ cash”.
He additionally accused the Congress of neglecting the plight of farmers. “Farmers in Raichur, Gulbarga, and Belagavi are struggling with out sufficient compensation. As an alternative of addressing their issues, the Congress is losing taxpayers’ cash on such occasions,” he mentioned. “They’re misusing public funds for an occasion in Belagavi. The Bharatiya Janata Social gathering strongly opposes this misuse of taxpayers’ cash.”
The posters in query allegedly depicted “Kashmir as a part of Pakistan” and excluded the Gilgit area of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and the Aksai Chin area underneath Chinese language administration, each of that are thought of integral elements of India.
When requested if the map distortion was unintended or deliberate, Vijayendra termed it intentional. “This isn’t the primary time the Congress has finished this. Such incidents have occurred repeatedly throughout the nation. It’s not a mistake however displays their mindset,” he mentioned.
As Congress chief Randeep Singh Surjewala mentioned that historical past is repeating itself, with the present Congress embodying the spirit of Mahatma Gandhi’s freedom wrestle towards a specific rule, Vijayendra was fast to retort.
“Immediately’s Congress is a ‘nakli Congress.’ It neither follows Mahatma Gandhi’s ideology nor believes in a powerful and united India. They’re losing taxpayers’ cash in Belagavi as a substitute of addressing actual points,” he mentioned.
Senior BJP leaders termed this “one other try by the Congress to divide the nation”.
BJP IT cell nationwide convener Amit Malviya additionally weighed in, accusing Sonia Gandhi of being co-president of a George Soros-funded organisation that advocates Kashmiri independence. “Sonia Gandhi, as co-president of the George Soros-funded Discussion board of Democratic Leaders in Asia Pacific (FDL-AP) Basis, which helps Kashmiri independence, reveals the Congress’s true intent,” he alleged.
Malviya additional accused the Congress of displaying a distorted map of India on the Belagavi occasion, that includes get together leaders like Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and Priyanka Vadra, with Kashmir proven as a part of Pakistan.
“It’s not a mistake; it’s a deliberate assertion. This displays their appeasement politics, suggesting Indian Muslims are extra loyal to Pakistan than India,” Malviya mentioned. “The Congress is the brand new Muslim League. It desires to divide India once more.”
BJP chief Shehzad Poonawalla condemned the incident, calling it an assault on India’s sovereignty. “That is one more instance of the Congress’s ‘Bharat Todo, tukde-tukde’ agenda,” he mentioned.
“RaGa’s Mohabbat Ki Dukaan is all the time open for China. They divided the nation as soon as and can do it once more,” the BJP’s official get together deal with posted on social media website X.
Congress chief Srinivas BV responded fiercely. “This controversy has been created by the BJP and RSS (the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the ruling get together’s ideological mentor),” he informed information company PTI. “They’ve an issue with this celebration of 100 years of Mahatma Gandhi taking up as president of the All India Congress Committee… and taking historic choices to convey reform. They’re spreading lies.”
