Regulation Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday stated India is paying the worth for the “blunders” dedicated by nation’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru on Kashmir and slammed the Congress for defending him. His remarks got here after the Congress launched assaults on Rijiju over his write-up “5 Nehruvian Blunders on Kashmir”.
Chatting with CNN-News18, the Regulation Minister stated that the Congress has unfold a false narrative over time relating to Kashmir. “I don’t wish to go into what Jairam Ramesh stated… I’m talking with information. Corrective steps are taken by our PM to undone the blunder dedicated. The nation shouldn’t go by false narrative unfold by Congress over time… I’ve all of the information. Regardless of complete J&Okay being part of India, part of it’s with Pakistan. How can we stay silent about this challenge? This truth can’t be ignored,” the regulation minister stated when requested about Congress chief Jairam Ramesh’s declare that Nehru was not alone in his choices on Kashmir.
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Ramesh in a tweet on October 13 stated, “Maharaja Hari Singh dithered on accession. There have been dream of independence. However when Pakistan invaded, Hari Singh acceded to India. Sheikh Abdullah championed accession to India fully due to his friendship with and admiration for Nehru, and his respect for Gandhi. Sardar Patel was okay with J&Okay becoming a member of Pakistan until September 13, 1947 when the Nawab of Junagadh acceded to Pakistan.”
Rijiju refused to touch upon claims about Sardar Patel. He additionally stated he doesn’t want to get into any sort of debate with Congress leaders who slammed him.
One other Congress chief Pawan Khera on Thursday known as Rijiju the “best pupil of WhatsApp College” for his feedback on Nehru and Kashmir.
“Rijiju appears to be the brightest pupil in BJP’s WhatsApp College. With no information or fact he’s spreading such blunders. If wanted congress will present the BJP with Historical past books in order that they know what the true historical past is. It is just within the final 8 years state of affairs in Kashmir deteriorated,” Khera instructed CNN-News18.
Rijiju retorted by saying he wrote about Nehru’s “blunders” with the assistance of paperwork from the Parliament. “Congress is attempting to defend Nehru ji for his blunders. No matter I’ve stated is to place the file straight in entrance of the nation to recognise the errors by Nehru ji. This truth is there within the file. The paperwork which I’ve quoted is from the Parliament. Nehru himself have said that Maharaj himself approached to hitch India. India needed to pay heavy worth due to the blunders dedicated by Nehru until toady we’ve paying the worth,” he stated.
The minister, in his column for www.news18.com, stated {that a} historic lie has been perpetrated for the previous seven a long time that Kashmir was additionally among the many princely states that created issues and Maharaja Hari Singh, the then ruler of the state, was dilly-dallying on becoming a member of India.
“As paperwork now reveal, it was Nehru who, with the intention to fulfil his private agenda, created these issues and never the Maharaja,” he stated.
The minister additional stated that the vacuum that Nehru created in Kashmir allowed Pakistan to meddle in Kashmir and in the end its forces, within the guise of native tribals, invaded the territory of Kashmir on October 20, 1947. “Even then Nehru was unmoved. Pakistani forces have been quickly advancing in Kashmir. Maharaja Hari Singh once more pleaded with Nehru to hitch the Indian union. However Nehru was nonetheless negotiating to fulfil his private agenda,” Rijiju wrote.
Hitting out on the Regulation Minister, Congress Common Secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh stated that Rijiju is mendacity one thing he has picked up from his “boss”. “He doesnt have the center. He’s LYING one thing he has picked up from his Boss,” he tweeted.
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