NEW DELHI: BJP on Saturday aggressively retaliated to Congress’s attacks against it for allegedly insulting Manmohan Singh by saying it was the Nehru-Gandhi family that humiliated the former PM by foisting Sonia Gandhi over him as “super-PM”.
BJP president JP Nadda’s attack through a video message was part of a larger response from the party, which clearly appeared to have been triggered by Congress’s accusations since Friday evening that the Modi govt had “insulted” Singh by not allowing the construction of a memorial of the just-departed PM.
The govt had through an official statement denied the charge Friday night by saying it had agreed to construct a memorial for Singh but it would be a while before spadework, like site allocation, is completed.
Congress had “tarnished the dignity of PMO by placing Sonia Gandhi as a ‘super-PM’ above Singh, undermining his authority,” Nadda said, adding “not only this, but the humiliation inflicted on Manmohan Singh when Rahul Gandhi publicly tore up an ordinance remains unparalleled. Now, Rahul Gandhi is politicising the demise of the former PM.”
Highlighting Congress’s “behaviour” with former PM PV Narasimha Rao, Nadda said, “On Dec 23 2004, after the demise of Rao, a request was made to establish a memorial in Delhi. However, Congress denied approval for the same. They did not even allow Rao’s mortal remains to be placed at the Congress headquarters.”
He criticised Congress for not wanting Rao’s last rites in Delhi, which led to his cremation in Hyderabad. “It was PM Narendra Modi who, in 2015, ensured the construction of a samadhi for Rao in Delhi and honoured him by awarding Bharat Ratna in 2024,” he said.
Nadda alleged that Gandhi family has neither honoured nor delivered justice to any leader of the nation, even if they were from Congress party.
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