Delhi, 8 January- Danish Ali, the leader of the Congress, criticized the Narendra Modi administration on Wednesday for designating a location for the former president Pranab Mukherjee’s memorial.
“The Modi government has indulged in dirty politics over death and has rejected the demand of the entire nation for space for Manmohan Singh at Rajghat memorial site and has given land at the same place for Pranab Mukherjee’s memorial. This is low level politics and a grave insult to the Prime Minister who brought economic revolution in the country,” Ali, a former Lok Sabha MP, posted on X.
Recalling Mukherjee’s attendance at a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) event in Nagpur in 2018, Ali added, “This decision of the government is also a gift to Pranab Mukherjee for his love for the Sangh. Pranab Mukherjee had bowed his head at the Nagpur headquarters of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and conferred the title of Dhartiputra on Sangh founder Hedgewar. Mukherjee had also played an important role in getting Savarkar’s picture installed in the Parliament House.”
In Frame: Pranab Mukherjee
Addressing the RSS event in 2018, Mukherjee had said, “Secularism and inclusion is a matter of faith for us. India’s nationhood is not one language, one religion, one nation.”
A memorial for former President Pranab Mukherjee will be established at the ‘Rashtriya Smriti’ area complex, the Center announced on Wednesday.
The government informed the former President’s daughter Sharmistha Mukherjee in a letter that the “earmarking of a designated site within the ‘Rashtriya Smriti’ complex (a part of the Rajghat area) for setting up a Samadhi of Late Shri Pranab Mukherjee, former President of India” had been approved by the authority in charge.
Congress veteran Pranab Mukherjee served in the administrations of Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, PV Narasimha Rao, and Dr. Manmohan Singh, holding significant ministerial portfolios.
From 2012 to 2017, he presided over India as its president. On August 31, 2020, he passed away.
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