A significant controversy broke out on the primary day of the winter session of the newly elected Madhya Pradesh Meeting after a portrait of former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru was changed with that of Dr BR Ambedkar behind the Speaker’s chair within the Home.
You will need to notice that initially there have been two posters hanging behind the Meeting Speaker’s chair: one was of Mahatma Gandhi and the opposite was of Jawaharlal Nehru. Nonetheless, on the opening of the sixteenth Madhya Pradesh Meeting, it was famous that Nehru’s portrait had been changed by Dr. BR Ambedkar.
After the change, Congress MLAs began protesting in opposition to the newly fashioned BJP authorities within the state and accused the saffron celebration of ‘conspiracy to alter historical past’. They argued that they’d no downside with Ambedkar’s poster however the BJP shouldn’t have changed the poster of first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti strongly criticized the BJP for this transfer and mentioned eradicating Jawaharlal Nehru’s portrait was flawed. “If the BJP continues to suppose like this, they are going to quickly substitute the portrait of Mahatma Gandhi and Ambedkar with the poster of Nathuram Godse,” he mentioned.
“Each Nehru and Ambedkar are supreme leaders, their portraits ought to have been displayed within the assembly. It’s flawed to take away Jawaharlal Nehru’s picture. The way in which the Bharatiya Janata Celebration is considering now, plainly in future they are going to take away the portraits of each the nice males and substitute them with the portrait of Nathuram Godse,” the Congress chief added.
Commenting on the problem of elimination of former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s portrait from the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Meeting, Professional-tem Speaker Gopal Bhargava mentioned the choice was taken in the course of the earlier tenure of the state authorities.
“All this occurred over the past time period. Former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and BR Ambedkar are supreme leaders, there’s equal respect for everybody. There’s a particular committee coping with this within the Basic Meeting Secretariat and no matter resolution is taken will probably be adopted,” the chairman pro-tem mentioned.
In the meantime, responding to the controversy, Deputy Chief Minister Rajendra Shukla mentioned that Congress ought to welcome and never oppose the federal government’s resolution to put in Ambedkar’s portrait. Nonetheless, he added that the Secretariat will establish an appropriate place to hold former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s portrait within the Meeting.
“Placing up Ambedkar’s portrait needs to be welcome and Congress shouldn’t discuss it on this means. The Secretariat will certainly establish an appropriate place to hold the portrait of former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru,” Shukla added.
With enter from News18
