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Home Minister Amit Shah has reacted to the criticism being made on the removal of MPs’ remarks in the Parliament. (ANI)
The home minister responded to allegations that the BJP was trying to “rewrite the country’s history” by renaming BJP-ruled states or planning to rename cities.
Union Minister Amit Shah has rejected allegations that the Bharatiya Janata Party is erasing Mughal history and changing the names of important cities and places associated with the Mughals. The minister said the decisions taken by the Modi-led government were “well thought out” and well within their “statutory rights”.
Union Minister Amit Shah spoke about the issue during an interview with the news agency Year, However, defending the party’s actions, Shah mentioned that the BJP does not want to erase anyone’s contribution to history.
The home minister responded to allegations that the BJP was trying to “rewrite the country’s history” by renaming BJP-ruled states or planning to rename cities whose names are associated with Mughal history. Yes, the news agency reported.
“No one’s contribution should be removed, nor do we want to remove them. But if someone wants to establish the tradition of the country then no one should have any objection.
“We have not changed the name of a single city which did not have an old name earlier. Our governments have taken decisions after thinking. Every government has its own statutory rights,” Shah told the agency.
A few days ago, Bharatiya Janata Party MP Sangam Lal Gupta urged Amit Shah to rename UP capital Lucknow as “Lakhanpur or Laxmanpur”.
The MP had said that Lucknow was earlier named Lakhanpur and Laxmanpur in Treta Yuga and Nawab Asaf-ud-Daula changed its name to Lucknow.
Amit Shah said, ‘Big loss to India’
When Shah was asked about allegations of writing a “re-imagined history” of J&K and erasing the contribution of former PM Jawaharlal Nehru, the home minister said Article 370 was inserted in the Constitution by the government of India’s first prime minister. I went. The country and India had suffered a lot due to this.
He said, ‘Article 370 was implemented because of Nehru ji. It was on our agenda since 1950 that it should not have been implemented. This caused a huge loss to the country. Now the way development works are being done in Jammu and Kashmir, the way terrorists and terrorist attacks are reducing, it is being proved. You can view the data. There are many changes that are happening in Jammu and Kashmir,” Shah had told the news agency.
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