In a pointy rebuke, BJP Nationwide President and Union Well being Minister JP Nadda accused the Congress social gathering of ‘politicising’ former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s demise and interesting in ‘low cost politics’, alleging that the social gathering by no means confirmed respect to the late veteran Manmohan Singh when he held the workplace.
Addressing the media on Saturday, JP Nadda stated, “It’s certainly very unlucky that former Congress president Rahul Gandhi and present president Mallikarjun Kharge usually are not refraining from doing politics even on the unhappy demise of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Congress, which by no means gave respect to Dr Manmohan Singh whereas he was alive, is now doing politics within the title of his respect.”
“This is identical Congress which tarnished the dignity of the submit of the Prime Minister by putting Sonia Gandhi as tremendous PM above PM Manmohan Singh.
Taking a dig on the Chief of the Opposition within the Lok Sabha, JP Nadda stated, “Rahul Gandhi insulted PM Manmohan Singh by tearing the ordinance, and immediately the identical Rahul Gandhi is doing politics over his demise.”
JP Nadda additionally criticized the Gandhi household for not exhibiting respect to different outstanding leaders of the nation, citing examples of Dr BR Ambedkar, Sardar Patel, and others.
Nadda identified that the PM Modi authorities had established a memorial for former PM PV Narasimha Rao in 2015, regardless of Sonia Gandhi’s earlier rejection of the proposal, and highlighted the dearth of respect proven by Congress after the demise of Dr Pranab Mukherjee in 2020.
“The Gandhi household has neither given respect to any massive chief of the nation nor accomplished justice to them. Whether or not it’s from the Congress social gathering or the opposition, whether or not it’s Baba Saheb Ambedkar, the nation’s first President Rajendra Babu, Sardar Patel, Lal Bahadur Shastri, PV Narasimha Rao, Pranab Da, Atal Bihari Vajpayee,” he stated.
Including additional, he stated, “The federal government underneath the management of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given place for PM Manmohan Singh’s Samadhi and has additionally knowledgeable the household. Nonetheless, Congress is spreading false information.”
“It’s vital to recollect the historical past of Congress. After the demise of former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao, there was a requirement to construct a Samadhi Sthal in Delhi’s Rajghat advanced. However at the moment Sonia Gandhi had rejected it. It was Prime Minister Narendra Modi who established a memorial for him in 2015.
When former President Bharat Ratna Dr Pranab Mukherjee handed away in 2020, the Congress Working Committee didn’t even trouble to name a condolence assembly,” stated Nadda.
“Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge and different Congress social gathering leaders ought to chorus from such low cost politics,” stated JP Nadda.
In the meantime, Congress Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday lashed out on the Centre’s determination to conduct former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s cremation at Nigambodh Ghat and stated that the Centre ought to have thought “past politics and narrow-mindedness” on this matter.
“By not offering an ample place for the cremation of former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, the Authorities has not accomplished justice to the dignity of the submit of former Prime Minister, the character of Manmohan Singh, his legacy and the self-respecting Sikh neighborhood,” Priyanka Gandhi posted on X.
The Wayanad MP additional stated that “earlier all former Prime Ministers” got the best honour and respect and Manmohan Singh deserves this “honour and Samadhi Sthal.”
“In the present day the entire world is remembering his contribution. The federal government ought to have thought past politics and narrow-mindedness on this matter. This morning, I felt this after I noticed Dr. Manmohan Singh ji’s relations struggling for a spot on the funeral web site, looking for a spot within the crowd, and most of the people getting troubled as a result of lack of house and paying tribute from the highway exterior,” she added.
Nonetheless, the Congress is dealing with criticism for not giving comparable respect to former prime minister P V Narasimha Rao. The UPA authorities had rejected requests for separate memorials within the nationwide capital citing lack of house.
Earlier immediately, Rahul Gandhi too attacked the central authorities for performing the final rites of Manmohan Singh at Nigambodh Ghat and stated that the previous Finance Minister deserves the “highest respect and a memorial.”
“The nice son of India and the primary Prime Minister of the Sikh neighborhood, Dr. Manmohan Singh ji has been completely insulted by the current authorities by performing his final rites immediately on the Nigambodh Ghat,” Rahul Gandhi posted on X.
After the Cupboard assembly on Friday, Union Dwelling Minister Amit Shah communicated to Congress President Kharge and the household of the late Manmohan Singh that the Authorities will allocate house for the memorial. In the intervening time, cremation and different formalities can occur as a result of a belief needs to be fashioned and house needs to be allotted to it.
Manmohan Singh was accorded a state funeral with navy honours on the Nigam Bodh Ghat, a public cremation floor in north Delhi, on Saturday.
Manmohan Singh handed away at AIIMS, Delhi, on Thursday night time on the age of 92 as a result of age-related medical circumstances. He had a sudden lack of consciousness at dwelling after which he was rushed to the hospital.
