Union Minister and BJP president J P Nadda struck again, accusing the Congress of spreading false info although the federal government had shortlisted an area for Singh’s memorial and had additionally knowledgeable his household about it.
Whereas Nadda stopped wanting revealing the location of the proposed memorial, The Indian Categorical has learnt {that a} area close to Kisan Ghat, which marks the cremation website of former Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh, is among the many areas being thought-about for Singh’s memorial.
Earlier, the Congress, whereas urging the federal government to allocate a spot for a memorial, had even instructed that area might be carved out of the Shakti Sthal space the place Indira Gandhi’s memorial is positioned – each Kisan Ghat and Shakti Sthal will not be removed from Rajghat, the resting place of Mahatma Gandhi.
On Friday evening, after the Congress alleged that its request for area for a memorial to Singh had not been honoured, the authorities stated it had agreed to the request.
In a press release, the Ministry of House Affairs stated Union House Minister Amit Shah had knowledgeable Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Singh’s household that the federal government would allocate area for the memorial. “In the intervening time, cremation and different formalities can occur as a result of a belief needs to be fashioned and area needs to be allotted to it,” the Ministry stated.
The Congress, in truth, wished Singh’s cremation at a spot the place a memorial might be inbuilt his honour.
By the way, it was the UPA authorities headed by Singh that had blocked calls for for separate memorials. In 2013, the UPA Cupboard determined to arrange a typical memorial floor – the Rashtriya Smriti Sthal at Raj Ghat – in view of paucity of area.
On Saturday, after Singh’s final rites at Nigambodh Ghat, the Congress once more focused the federal government, saying it had “insulted” the previous Prime Minister.
Rahul Gandhi stated that by getting Singh’s final rites finished at Nigambodh Ghat, the federal government had “insulted” the “nice son of Mom India and the Sikh group’s first Prime Minister”.
“Until date, honouring the dignity of all former Prime Ministers, their final rites had been carried out at authorised burial websites so that each particular person might have the final darshan and pay homage with none inconvenience. Dr Manmohan Singh deserves our highest respect and a memorial. The federal government ought to have proven respect to this nice son of the nation and his proud group,” Gandhi stated.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra too slammed the federal government: “By not offering an ample place for the cremation of Dr Manmohan Singh, the federal government has not finished justice to the dignity of the put up of a former Prime Minister, the character of Dr Singh, his legacy and the self-respecting Sikh group.”
“Earlier, all former Prime Ministers got the best honour and respect. Dr Manmohan Singhji deserves this honour and Samadhi Sthal. At present the entire world is remembering his contribution. The federal government ought to have thought past politics and narrow-mindedness on this matter,” she stated.
“This morning, I felt this after I noticed Dr Manmohan Singhji’s relations struggling for area on the funeral website, looking for area within the crowd, and most people inconvenienced as a result of lack of area and paying tribute from the highway exterior,” Vadra stated.
In a sequence of posts on X, AICC media and publicity division chairman Pawan Khera stated that no information company besides Doordarshan was allowed entry inside Nigambodh Ghat and it targeted on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and House Minister Amit Shah, barely overlaying Singh’s household.
Singh’s household, he stated, was given insufficient area across the pyre as a result of troopers occupying one aspect. He stated the general public was saved out and Singh’s grandchildren, performing the final rites, needed to jostle for area to achieve the pyre.
Khera claimed that Amit Shah’s motorcade disrupted the funeral procession, leaving household vehicles exterior. The gate was closed, and relations needed to be positioned and introduced again in.
“Your entire funeral space was cramped and poorly organised, leaving no area for a lot of members within the procession,” he stated. “This disgraceful remedy of a towering statesman exposes the federal government’s priorities and lack of respect for democratic values. Dr. Singh deserved dignity, not this shameful spectacle,” he stated.
DMK chief and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Ok Stalin too focused the Congress and stated the BJP authorities’s determination to disclaim Singh’s household the fitting to carry out his final rites at a befitting website for his memorial was a direct insult to his towering legacy and the Sikh group. Refusing the household’s request and relegating a two-term Prime Minister to Nigambodh Ghat reeks of vanity, bias and a deliberate try to erase his immense contributions from public reminiscence, Stalin stated.
Countering the fees, Nadda stated the Congress celebration, which didn’t give real respect to Singh throughout his tenure, was now utilizing his title for political positive factors.
He stated it’s the similar Congress that compromised the dignity of the Prime Minister’s workplace by making Sonia Gandhi a “tremendous PM” to overshadow Singh’s authority.
“Rahul Gandhi’s act of publicly tearing up an ordinance stays an unprecedented occasion of disrespect in direction of a sitting Prime Minister (Singh),” Nadda stated, accusing Gandhi of now doing politics over the loss of life of Singh.
He stated Modi established the Prime Ministers’ Museum to honour all PMs and to make the nation learn about them and treasure them.
“Then again, the Congress solely targeted on constructing memorials and monuments for members of their very own household,” he stated, including that the Gandhi household has by no means given due respect or justice to any chief exterior their household.
The Gandhi household, Nadda stated, insulted leaders of different Opposition events and even of the Congress. He stated Congress leaders and supporters repeatedly insulted former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee even after his loss of life.
Stating that the Congress’s historical past wanted to be learnt, Nadda stated that after the loss of life of former Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao on December 23, 2004, a requirement was made to develop his Samadhi Sthal at Rajghat in Delhi, however Sonia Gandhi turned it down.
“His physique was not given area within the Congress workplace. Congress didn’t need Narasimha Rao’s final rites carried out in Delhi. Later, his final rites had been finished in Hyderabad,” Nadda stated.
He stated Modi in 2015 established a memorial for Rao and conferred him with Bharat Ratna in 2024. He stated when former President Pranab Mukherjee handed away in 2020, the Congress Working Committee didn’t name a “shok sabha”.
“I need to remind Congress that in 2013, the UPA authorities had determined to arrange a Rashtriya Smriti (widespread memorial floor) and had additionally determined that no separate Samadhi Sthal might be constructed for any chief,” he stated.
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