'Newest Entrant To Membership Of Distorians': Jairam Ramesh Takes Dig At Kiren Rijiju Over Nehru-J&Ok Debate

Taking a swipe at Union minister Kiren Rijiju over the continued debate on the rationale behind issues in Kashmir, Congress chief Jairam Ramesh referred to as him the ‘newest entrant to the membership of Distorians’ on Sunday.

The remark got here in reference to the row stirred after Rijiju, in an article, accused India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru of committing “5 blunders” together with ‘rejecting’ Maharaja Hari Singh’s accession request in July 1947, that he stated hobbled India and created the Kashmir drawback.

Within the rebuttal of the Union Minister’s acquisition, the senior Congress chief stated he spoke to a ‘BJP ideologue’ this morning about Kiren Rijiju, “the newest entrant to the membership of Distorians”.

The BJP ideologue, Ramesh claimed, advised him that the vilification of Nehru is one factor, however exalting Hari Singh as a hero “takes the cake”.

I spoke to a BJP ideologue this morning about Kiren Rijiju, the newest entrant to the membership of Distorians. He despatched me the next message:

The unusual factor is, Nehru being vilified is one factor, Hari Singh being exalted as some type of upright & benevolent hero takes the cake.

— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) October 30, 2022

What Kiren Rijiju Stated About Nehru and J&Ok Historical past?</h4>
<p>Union minister Rijiju on Thursday used the seventy fifth anniversary of Jammu and Kashmir&#8217;s accession to India to slam Nehru for his &#8220;blunders&#8221; on the problem. In an article printed by News18, he cited &#8220;5 Nehruvian blunders&#8221;, together with floating the concept of plebiscite and terming the accession provisional.</p>
<p>Rijiju stated India continues to be paying the worth of Nehru&#8217;s follies as he rejected Hari Singh&#8217;s accession request and pitched for some particular standing.</p>
<p>The Minister claimed that in a speech delivered in Lok Sabha on July 24, 1952, Nehru himself &#8220;conceded the information&#8221;.</p>
<p>&#8220;Maharaja Hari Singh, like all different princely states wanting to affix India, had approached Indian management in July 1947 itself for accession. A full month earlier than India’s precise Independence. In Nehru’s personal phrases, the query of accession “<em>got here up earlier than us informally spherical about July or the center of July</em>”. Nehru goes on to additional state that “we had contacts with the favored group there, the Nationwide Convention, and its leaders, and we had contacts with the Maharaja’s Authorities additionally,&#8221; he wrote.</p>
<p>&#8220;Seven a long time and generations of alternatives have been misplaced attributable to blunders of 1 man. Nevertheless, seven a long time later, historical past took one other activate August 5, 2019. In contrast to in 1947, India First was the one guideline of the New India being constructed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi,&#8221; he added.</p>
<p>Countering Rijiju, Ramesh on Thursday stated, &#8220;<span class=”css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0″>Kiren </span><span class=”css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0″>Rijiju</span><span class=”css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0″> is doing one thing that he and his ilk are actually good at — lie, lie, and carry on mendacity, and hope that the lie sticks. That is the outdated Goebbels formulation.&#8221;</span></p>
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