Calling Gandhi "Father of Nation", an insult to Bharat Mata: Mahesh Vikram Hegde
Bengaluru: Controversial Journalist and founder of fake news factory ‘postcard news’ Mahesh Vikram Hegde on Thursday posted a controversial tweet on his twitter handle adding that terming Mahatma Gandhi as the father of the nation would be an insult to the nation given the thousands of years of heritage of the country.
Hegde instead suggested that the Ganhiji should be called as the “Son of Bharat Mata” instead of “Father of Nation”.
“Nationa that has thousands of years of heritage is called BHARAT MATA We’ve given the place MOTHER. So Won’t it be an insult to our mother if we call Gandhiji as “Father of Nation”? (SIC) he questioned in the tweet.
He further ‘reminded’ readers that India’s neighboring country Pakistan was due to Mahatma Gandhi. “It is better call him “son of Bharat Mata” Let me remind that Pakistan was born due to him” (SIC).
Mahesh Hegde has been in past on multiple occasions been detained and arrested by police for posting, sharing and spreading fake news post on his website. Earlier in April this year he was also arrested by the state police after Karnataka Home Minister had filed a complaint as a fake letter was circulated ahead of the Lok Sabha Election in the state which was allegedly written to Sonia Gandhi by Patil regarding Lingayat issue in the state.
Nation that has thousands of years of heritage is called BHARAT MATA
— Mahesh Vikram Hegde (@mvmeet) June 13, 2019
We've given the place of MOTHER
So won’t it be an insult to our mother
If we call Gandhiji as
“Father of Nation”?
It is better to call him "Son of Bharat Mata"
Let me remind that Pakistan was born due to him
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Rahul Gandhi joins Haryana Congress leader's 'Sadbhav Yatra' in Gurugram
Gurugram (PTI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday joined the 'Sadbhav Yatra' of Haryana Congress leader Brijendra Singh here.
Gandhi, who is the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, reached Gurugram in the evening and joined the yatra. He also walked some distance with Brijendra, state Congress chief Rao Narender Singh and other leaders.
Huge crowds had turned up for the occasion.
Later, Gandhi proceeded to the venue where he addressed a public gathering.
Leader of Opposition in Haryana Bhupinder Singh Hooda and other Congress leaders, including Randeep Singh Surjewala, B K Hariprasad, state Congress chief Rao Narender Singh, were also present.
Brijendra Singh had on Thursday said it is a matter of joy for them that Gandhi was joining the 'Sadbhav Yatra' in Gurugram-Badshahpur, "thereby strengthening the Indian National Congress' campaign for brotherhood and harmony".
The 'Sadbhav Yatra' began from Danoda village at Narwana in Jind on October 5, 2025, and has covered 85 of the 90 assembly segments in the state.
The foot march was started by Brijendra Singh, son of Congress veteran Birender Singh, to highlight several national and regional issues.
State Congress chief Rao Narender Singh had asked all party leaders to take part in Friday's event.
Days before his yatra began in October, Brijendra Singh, who narrowly lost the 2024 assembly polls from Jind's Uchana Kalan, accused the ruling BJP of playing "divisive politics" and said that "sadbhav" (harmony) has come under stress in the last decade.
Brijendra Singh was a sitting MP from Hisar for the BJP when he resigned ahead of the 2024 general election and switched over to the Congress. He also alleged that the saffron party creates a wedge in society to achieve its political purpose.
The 'padyatra' has so far covered 85 assembly constituencies in Haryana, traversing more than 2,700 kilometres.
Addressing the public gathering, Brijendra Singh said the yatra is inspired by Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra, where he took the party's vision and values directly to the people of the country.
Singh said the yatra has highlighted issues like "Vote Chori" (vote theft), unemployment, poor law and order situation, agrarian distress, and issues related to government employees, labourers and traders.
"Sadbhav (harmony) and bhaichara (brotherhood), which the BJP is attempting to weaken, are the messages of this yatra," he said, adding that its slogan is "Congress ka haath bhaichara ka saath".
"This yatra is a natural extension of the Bharat Jodo Yatra," Brijendra Singh said.
