He also said that India rejected third party intervention in the ceasefire during Operation Sindoor as no outside player can interfere in India’s internal matters. “Today, India does not take dictation from anyone; it writes its own script,” he said.
For the past few days, controversies and political upmanship have marked 17 September, the day the Nizam of Hyderabad State signed the Instrument of Accession to merge with the Indian Union following police action, but this year, the political parties seem to have lost some steam.
The Centre has already announced that the day would be celebrated as Hyderabad Liberation Day.
The Union Home Ministry issued the notification yesterday that the Central government would celebrate the occasion of the joining of the State of Hyderabad with the Union of India. Union Home Minister Amit Shah called it a historic day but the Opposition parties in Telangana have played it down, calling it a gimmick before elections.
Without naming anyone, he asked these parties to remove the fear from their minds, saying Razakars cannot take decisions in this country which became independent 75 years ago.
