'Bharat Ratna' getting politicised
Parties have begun to prepare for elections. On one hand they are looking for coalitions to pose a strong challenge to BJP. Rahul Gandhi is in touch with regional political parties for the same purpose. Chandrasekhar of Telangana and Mamatha Banerjee of West Bengal are in talks on this issue. Leftists are still unclear about their stance. To cause major embarassment to BJP, Shiv Sena has been insisting on having Ram Mandir built soon as possible. Delhi government has somewhat provided answer to rumours that Congress would truck with AAP on the upcoming elections. Delhi government has submitted a plea to the centre demanding the withdrawal of Bharat Ratna conferred on Rajiv Gandhi because he masterminded the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. BJP has also joined hands with AAP on this.
It is rather easy to understand why this order was passed in Delhi assembly. AAP wants to break into Punjab and hence it has assumed the stance to repeal Bharat Ratna from Rajiv Gandhi's name.
Punjab is a very promising state for AAP apart from Delhi. The party wants to garner Sikh votes. Which means the party will fight elections in the near future with Sikh massacre as its moot issue in Punjab. But the most unfortunate aspect is Kejriwal has presented this issue before a PM who defends massacres. Delhi government is expecting those elements to facilitate responsible behavior and justice from the others, while the former didn't even apologies for the violence they created in Gujarat. That's a tall order!
Rajiv Gandhi hasn't assumed power when Sikh massacre took place. He had reportedly said “when a huge tree falls, it surely causes small damages” or something to that effect. At the same time, there are allegations that he had shielded those who were part of the massacre.
Hence Rajiv Gandhi's role was limited in this case. But when the Gujarat incident happened, Modi was the CM of that state. Amit Shah was the home minister. Media reports have repeatedly suggested how the government machinery was used to create and mastermind this massacre. And the man who stayed put on his chair of CM owing to Gujarat is the PM of India. Kejriwal surely is aware of all of this. With this plea by Kejriwal as the context, most BJP leaders in the centre are all set to sling some mud on Rajiv Gandhi themselves. Let's agree that Rajiv Gandhi needs to be stripped of this honor. At the same time are they ready to strip former PM Vajpayee of the honor of too? Because when the Gujarat massacre happened, Vajpayee was the PM.
While instructing Modi to follow the 'Raj dharma’, Vajpayee defended this massacre in his speech in Goa. Most of the senior police officers maintain if the centre had taken cognizance, the massacre could have been contained. Vajapayee also faced charges of outing the details of freedom fighters to the British and getting them arrested during the struggle for independence. If both names of Rajiv and Vajapayee were placed together, then this demand could have been a bit balanced. Rajiv Gandhi family has a deep bond with this nation. Motilal Nehru sacrificed all his ancestral property for the nation, during the years of freedom fight.
His son Jawaharlal Nehru not only took part in the freedom struggle but also became the first PM of the nation and took it towards progress in the initial years. Nehru's daughter Indira Gandhi was popular among people with her poverty eradication programmes. The boldness she showed in getting freedom for Bangladesh left the world dumbfounded.
She sacrificed her life to contain the terrorism in Punjab. She didn't ever have any animosity with Sikhs. If she did, she wouldn't have Sikhs for her bodyguards even after Operation Bluestar. If this is the background Rajiv Gandhi has, the only thing that follows Vajapayee are those tasks he did you favour the English during the quit India operations. The youth came into focus after Rajiv Gandhi became the PM. The digital era was ushered with his foresight. If we are roaming with two mobiles each, the dream that Rajiv Gandhi saw has a significant role in making this turned true and country was on a path to technological progress. But the Bofors scandal followed him like a shadow even when he had a reputation of being Mr Clean.
But the court said he had no role in that deal, in the case that continued after his death. He sacrificed his life for the sake of this country too. Having started something as indignifying as this against a leader who was the role model of youths isn't very complementary to AAP. Through this, Kejriwal has shown he isn't too averse to doing dirty politics and whatever it takes to win elections.
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Informing Pakistan ahead of Operation Sindoor was a crime: Rahul Gandhi on Jaishankar's 'admission'
New Delhi, May 17 (PTI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday hit out at the government for "informing" Pakistan about targeting terror infrastructure as part of Operation Sindoor, saying it was a crime and asking who had authorised it.
In a post on X, Gandhi questioned External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar for publicly admitting that the government of India (GOI) had informed Pakistan of the action and asked how many aircraft the Indian Air Force lost as a result.
"Informing Pakistan at the start of our attack was a crime. EAM has publicly admitted that GOI did it. Who authorised it? How many aircraft did our air force lose as a result?" said Gandhi, the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha.
He also shared an undated video of Jaishankar saying India had informed Pakistan of the action against terror infrastructure on its soil.
Jaishankar can be heard saying in the video, "At the start of the operation, we had sent a message to Pakistan, saying, 'We are striking at terrorist infrastructure and we are not striking at the military.'"
"So the military has the option of standing out and not interfering in this process. They chose not to take that good advice," the minister can be heard saying in the clip.
The Press Information Bureau (PIB), however, has debunked claims that Jaishankar had said India informed Pakistan ahead of Operation Sindoor. In a post on X, the PIB's Fact Check Unit said the minister had not made any such statement and that he was being misquoted.
Operation Sindoor was the Indian offensive against terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) following the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam.
Informing Pakistan at the start of our attack was a crime.
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) May 17, 2025
EAM has publicly admitted that GOI did it.
1. Who authorised it?
2. How many aircraft did our airforce lose as a result? pic.twitter.com/KmawLLf4yW
