BJP should clarify its stand on Shivaji Maharaj, says Jairam Ramesh
The Hindu
Mr. Ramesh was speaking during the Congress’ Bharat Jodo Yatra in Madhya Pradesh’s Khandwa district
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Thursday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) should make its stand on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj clear instead of questioning the Congress over V. D. Savarkar.
Speaking during the Congress’ Bharat Jodo Yatra in Madhya Pradesh’s Khandwa district, Mr. Ramesh also said Rahul Gandhi’s controversial statements about Savarkar were a closed chapter, but claimed that the Hindutva ideologue had “tried to break the country.”
Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari is facing flak for calling Shivaji Maharaj an icon of olden times, while BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi has come under fire for allegedly saying that Shivaji Maharaj had apologised to Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb.
“You always question us on Savarkar. I ask BJP leaders, the Maharashtra governor, and BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi, what is the BJP’s stand on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj? What all they have not said about Shivaji Maharaj,” the Congress’s media head said.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s swipes at Savarkar for writing ‘mercy petitions’ to the British while in prison had created controversy during the Yatra’s Maharashtra leg.
Mr. Ramesh said it was a “side issue” and “closed chapter”.
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