V D Savarkar had sown seed of Partition: Chhattisgarh CM; slams BJP-RSS on 'Akhand Bharat'
Raipur, Aug 14: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Sunday said Veer Savarkar had sown the seed of Partition in 1925 and questioned the Bharatiya Janata Party's role in the freedom struggle.
He also slammed the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh over its repeated utterances on 'Akhand Bharat' and asked why the organisation was indulging in "gorakh dhandha' (unethical practice) of misleading and dividing people.
Responding to a query on the BJP observing 'Partition Horrors Remembrance Day' (Vibhajan Vibhishika Divas) on Sunday and blaming the Congress for Partition, Baghel said, "Savarkar had sowed the seed of Partition in 1925. It was Savarkar who gave the two-nation theory which was supported by Mohammad Ali Jinnah in 1937."
"They (BJP) are divisive. What role did they play in the country's Independence? In 1925, the RSS and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) were in existence. See the statements of their leaders then.
Baghel said in 1942 (during the Quit India movement), they (RSS and HP) said how the movement can be suppressed.
"Syama Prasad Mukherjee (founder of Bharatiya Jan Sangh) had written to the viceroy. They didn't want the British to leave the country. Even today they criticize Mahatma Gandhi and not the British," Baghel claimed.
The Congress leader also said the map of "Hindu Rashtra" displayed in the office of the Sangh shows Pakistan, Afghanistan and some other neighbouring countries as part of 'Akhand Bharat' (united, undivided India).
"On one hand, they have this old map and say Pakistan must be included in India. On the other hand, they also keep asking Muslims to go to Pakistan. Why are you (BJP/RSS) doing this 'gorakh dhandha'?" Baghel questioned.
Akhand Bharat will bring Muslims from Pakistan into India, which will automatically increase the population of the community here manifold, the CM claimed.
"But you also say Muslims should be sent to Pakistan. They (BJP and RSS) always do the job of misleading the people," he said.
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Rupee falls 9 paise to all-time low of 90.58 against US dollar in early trade
Mumbai (PTI): Rupee depreciated 9 paise to an all-time low of 90.58 against US dollar in early trade on Monday, weighed down by uncertainty over an India-US trade deal and persistent foreign fund outflows.
Forex traders said rupee is trading with a negative bias as investors are in wait and watch mode and awaiting cues from the India-US trade deal front.
At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened at 90.53 against the US dollar, then fell further to an all-time intraday low of 90.58 against the greenback, registering a fall of 9 paise over its previous close.
On Friday, the rupee had slipped 17 paise to close at an all-time low of 90.49 against the American currency.
Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the greenback's strength against a basket of six currencies, was trading 0.05 per cent lower at 98.35.
Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, was trading higher by 0.52 per cent at USD 61.44 per barrel in futures trade.
On the domestic equity market front, the 30-share benchmark index Sensex was trading 298.86 points lower at 84,968.80, while the Nifty was down 121.40 points at 25,925.55.
Foreign Institutional Investors sold equities worth Rs 1,114.22 crore on Friday, according to exchange data.
"FPIs continue to be in selling mode in equity and debt while RBI has been selling dollars to fund their long positions," said Anil Kumar Bhansali, Head of Treasury and Executive Director Finrex Treasury Advisors LLP.
