New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday calling on the Government Revamp Jallianwala Bagh Memorial “an insult to the martyrs”, saying only people who do not know the meaning of martyrdom that can lead to humiliation.
Take it to Twitter, the former Head of Congress marks media reports about anger on social media for alleged changes in the Jallianwala Bagh warning complex with many who claim that it “destroys history” on behalf of makeover.
Gandhi’s attack came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday dedicated to the nation of the Jallianwala Bagh Memorial Complex.
During the event, Modi also digitally inaugurated the museum gallery in Memorial.
The event also showed off several development initiatives carried out by the government to increase the complex.
Marking reports on social media anger for improvement, Gandhi tweeted, “only someone who does not know the meaning of martyrs who can cause insult to the Bayrawala Bagh martyrs”.
“I am the son of a martyr – I will not tolerate the insults of martyrs at any cost,” he said in a tweet in Hindi.
“We oppose this indecent cruelty.” In other tweets, Gandhi told those who did not fight for freedoms unable to understand those who did it.
Shergill Jaiver Congress leader accuses the BJP-led central government provides changes to the “path Jallianwala not to preserve but erase the signs of the atrocities committed by General Dyer during British rule”.
“The center vistomicated from Jallianwala Bagh Passage is the main insult for those who are killed on the fatal day! Shame,” he said.
Deputy Leader of Congress at Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi, in a tweet on Monday, said, “Call me a traditional Indian but I am not a fan of installing disco lights on institutions and dignity.” POMP like that reduced gravity and the horror of Jallianwala Bagh Smarak to Base Entertainment, he accused.
“Likewise strobe lights in parliament are also terrible,” Gogoi added.
Emphasizing that it is the duty of the state to protect its history, Prime Minister Modi said that past events “teach us and give us direction to move forward”.
As part of the initial incident, the laying ceremony of the bouquet of bouquets was held and two minutes of silence was observed in their memories killed in the Jalianwala Bagh massacre.
A sound and light show was held to describe the events of the massacre day.
More than 1,000 people were killed and hundreds others were injured on April 13, 1919 when British troops shot indiscriminately at a non-pause meeting from thousands who had gathered in Jallianwala Bagh in the midst of national protests against Rowlatt’s actions that had extended the repressive steps of the war .