Parties blame each other for sporadic violence in N Bengal
The Election Commission received over 100 complaints of violence and intimidation from three Lok Sabha segments, Cooch Behar, Alipurduar and Jalpaiguri.
A BJP video posted on the Partition Horrors Remembrance Day on Sunday blamed the Congress and the Communists for the partition of the country saying accusing them of accepting the demand of the Muslim League for a separate nation.
In the over seven-minute video, the saffron party indirectly blamed Jawaharlal Nehru and Congress leaders for bowing to the demand for a separate nation raised by the Muslim League led by Muhammad Ali Jinnah without any resistance.
Flashing the images of Nehru and Jinnah in the backdrop, the video narrates the story of Partition. It also features Cyril John Radcliffe, who drew the map to divide India into two separate nations, asking how those who had no knowledge of Indian culture, heritage, civilisation, and values drew borders between people living together for centuries in just three weeks.
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“Where were those people at that time who had the responsibility of fighting against these divisive forces,” the BJP asked while sharing the video on Twitter.
In the end, the BJP also blamed the Communists for the Partition.
Hitting back at the BJP in a series of tweets, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said, “The real intent of PM to mark August 14 as Partition Horrors Remembrance Day is to use the most traumatic historical events as fodder for his current political battles. Lakhs upon lakhs were dislocated and lost their lives. Their sacrifices must not be forgotten or disrespected.”
In another tweet, Ramesh said, “The tragedy of Partition, cannot be misused to fuel hate & prejudice. The truth is Savarkar originated 2 nation theory and Jinnah perfected it. Sardar Patel wrote, ‘I felt that if we did not accept Partition, India would be split into many bits and would be completely ruined.”
Ramesh also said that the “modern-day Savarkars and Jinnahs are continuing their efforts to divide the nation”.
“The Indian National Congress will uphold the legacy of Gandhi, Nehru, Patel, and many others who were untiring in their efforts to unite the nation. The politics of hate will be defeated,” Ramesh said in another tweet.
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