Congress Slams BJP Ad Calling Jawaharlal Nehru 'Grandfather Of Partition'
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As Rahul Gandhi's 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' (Unite India March) entered the second day in Karnataka, the State unit of the BJP put out an advertisement in some Kannada newspapers which read, "Can the great grandson unite what the 'grandfather of India partition' did?"
The Congress on Saturday slammed the BJP for putting up front page advertisements in a few vernacular dailies in Karnataka, calling the first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru as the grandfather of India's Partition. Rattled by success of #BharatJodoYatra the BJP has a front page ad in a Kannada newspaper that as usual mischievously distorts history. Savarkar propounded two-nation theory & Jinnah ensured it got done. Syama Prasad Mukherjee, founder of Jan Sangh championed partition of Bengal.
As Rahul Gandhi's 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' (Unite India March) entered the second day in Karnataka, the State unit of the BJP put out an advertisement in some Kannada newspapers which read, "Can the great grandson unite what the 'grandfather of India partition' did?"
With a map dividing Pakistan and Bangladesh in the middle of Jawaharlal Nehru and Rahul Gandhi's photographs, the advertisement painted in black questions, "Can the unity of India possible from a party, which caused the bloodbath of the citizens only to come to power?" The BJP alleged that the agenda of 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' is to disintegrate India.
The Congress took strong exception to the accusation, saying the right wing has always been on the wrong side of the history.
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