NEW DELHI: BJP on Friday attacked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for trying to create an “unnecessary controversy” over the decision to put out Amar Jawan Jyoti and merge it with the immortal flame at the National War Memorial, saying that the opposition lacks knowledge of basic historical facts.
Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan said the “eternal flame” had not been extinguished, but had been merged with the flame at the National War Memorial, the construction of which was opposed by Congress. He said the Congress leader’s criticism was of a piece with the pattern where in order to score partisan points, he ends up hurting the morale of the armed forces.
Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan said the “eternal flame” had not been extinguished, but had been merged with the flame at the National War Memorial, the construction of which was opposed by Congress. He said the Congress leader’s criticism was of a piece with the pattern where in order to score partisan points, he ends up hurting the morale of the armed forces.
Referring to the doubts expressed by Congress about the “surgical strikes” and Balakot air raid on terror targets, Pradhan said those who “undermined our national security and questioned the valour of our forces are now talking of patriotism and sacrifice”. “It is logical that those Indian soldiers who have made the supreme sacrifice should be commemorated at a unified war memorial. Rahul Gandhi is not aware of basic historical facts,” Petroleum miniser Hardeep Singh Puri said.
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