Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader, Bhatti Vikramarka has questioned the omission of the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru from the “Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav” celebrations at Salarjung Museum and asked what kind of message was being sent by the Centre to the country.
At a press conference here, he said it was unfortunate that the BJP’s political hollowness had stooped to such level that Nehru was no where mentioned in the celebrations but Veer Savarkar’s picture adorns walls of the museum. He demanded that the picture of Veer Savarkar, who wrote to the Britishers seeking amnesty, should be immediately removed.
Mr. Vikramarka said trying to suppress the contribution of Jawaharlal Nehru to the freedom movement only shows the narrow thinking of the BJP and the dangerous game being played by it with the country’s history. This was horrifying and BJP’s efforts to erase or distort history would not be tolerated and they should remember that history could not be altered.
