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Causing a major storm in the political circles Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat claimed that India achieved its ‘true independence’ on Ram Mandir’s construction day in Ayodhya. According to him, the date of Ram temple consecration should be celebrated as “Pratishtha Dwadashi”.
“After India got political independence from the British on August 15, 1947, a written Constitution was made according to the path shown by that specific vision, which comes out of the ‘self’ of the country, but the document was not run according to the spirit of the vision at that time,” Mohan Bhagwat said .
Reacting to Bhagwat’s statement , Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has slammed Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat’s ‘true Independence’ remark, warning him that if he continues to make such statements, it will be difficult for him to move around the country, news agency PTI reported. “RSS people don’t remember 1947 because they didn’t fight for it. Our people died and struggled for independence; that’s why we remember it”, KHarge further stated .
Leader of the Opposition, Rahul Gandhi on X wrote, Mohan Bhagwat’s audacious comment that India didn’t gain true independence in 1947 is an insult to our freedom fighters, every single Indian citizen and an attack on our Constitution.
Mohan Bhagwat’s audacious comment that India didn’t gain true independence in 1947 is an insult to our freedom fighters, every single Indian citizen and an attack on our Constitution. pic.twitter.com/6sMhdxn3xA
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) January 15, 2025
Jairam Ramesh, Senior Congress Leader and General Secretary in-charge Communications wrote on x
Shri Mohan Bhagwat has made ridiculous statements frequently. But even by his lowest of low standards, his latest pronouncement is not just astonishing but downright anti-national.
It is not only a gross insult to Mahatma Gandhi and that remarkable generation which secured…
— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) January 15, 2025
