Bhupender Yadav stokes row with jibe at Opposition over ‘sengol’
4 weeks ago

Bhupender Yadav stokes row with jibe at Opposition over ‘sengol’

Hindustan Times  

Environment minister Bhupender Yadav stoked controversy in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday after he said the ‘sengol was treated like a “walking stick” by the Congress, instead of a symbol of justice, drawing protests from opposition MPs. Union minister Bhupender Yadav speaks in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. Some people came and gave it and these people created a new story about it.” “This is not a story, this is history.” BJP president and Union health minister JP Nadda retorted, claiming that at the time of Independence, Mountbatten had asked if there was a ritual related to the handover of power practised in India, to which Nehru apparently said no. “When it was eventually transferred to a museum, it was labelled, ‘Jawaharlal Nehru’s walking stick’,” Nadda claimed.

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Sengol latest flashpoint between INDIA and NDA
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Sengol latest flashpoint between INDIA and NDA

Hindustan Times  

Samajwadi Party MP RK Chaudhary on Thursday demanded the removal of the Sengol, the staff installed in the new Parliament, calling it a symbol of “monarchy” and asked for it to be replaced by the Constitution, sparking a row between the government and the INDIA block of opposition parties. Sengol latest flashpoint between INDIA and NDA Chaudhary, in a letter …

How sengol in Parliament has become latest flashpoint between Centre and opposition
6 months, 2 weeks ago

How sengol in Parliament has become latest flashpoint between Centre and opposition

Firstpost  

Samajwadi Party MP RK Chaudhary wrote a letter to Speaker Om Birla saying that the sengol, which is placed next to the Speaker’s chair in Lok Sabha, should be replaced with a copy of the Constitution. PTI The latest Parliament session’s hot spot has been the “sengol” placed next to the Speaker’s chair in the Lok Sabha. PTI In order …

Bhupender Yadav | In Alwar, BJP’s go-to poll manager has a role reversal
9 months, 1 week ago

Bhupender Yadav | In Alwar, BJP’s go-to poll manager has a role reversal

The Hindu  

What’s the difference between being a political manager, formulating strategy for elections in the backroom, and being the candidate and the face of a campaign? Union Minister Bhupender Yadav, the BJP’s candidate from Alwar, fighting his first Lok Sabha election, is discovering the nuances of his position, a difference he describes as one between “a programme and a festival”. Being …

Thiruvavaduthurai Adheenam slams Congress and media for claiming govt is lying about Sengol
1 year, 7 months ago

Thiruvavaduthurai Adheenam slams Congress and media for claiming govt is lying about Sengol

Op India  

On 24 May, Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced that a Chola Dynasty Sceptre named Sengol will be placed at the new parliament building on 28 May after its inauguration. Thiruvavaduthurai Adheenam in Tamil Nadu, one of the oldest Saivaite Maths in India, has strongly refuted these claims, saying that the sceptre was indeed used as a symbol of the …

Congress reducing ceremonial Sengol to 'walking stick': Amit Shah
1 year, 7 months ago

Congress reducing ceremonial Sengol to 'walking stick': Amit Shah

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday accused the Congress of reducing the ceremonial sceptre Sengol to a "walking stick". Shah said the Congress must "reflect" on its behaviour as he denounced the party's claim that there was no evidence of the Sengol being a symbol of transfer of power by the British to India in 1947. A …

Sengol row | Congress kept a sacred symbol as ‘walking stick’, says Amit Shah
1 year, 7 months ago

Sengol row | Congress kept a sacred symbol as ‘walking stick’, says Amit Shah

The Hindu  

Home Minister Amit Shah launched a sharp attack on the Congress on May 26, asking why it hated Indian traditions and kept a sacred symbol as a walking stick. Mr. Shah was responding to Congress leader Jairam Ramesh’s claim that there was no documented evidence of India’s first Governor-General Lord Louis Mountbatten, its last Governor-General C. Rajagopalachari, and first Prime …

Congress claims no evidence of 'Sengol' being symbol of transfer of power by British to India
1 year, 7 months ago

Congress claims no evidence of 'Sengol' being symbol of transfer of power by British to India

The Hindu  

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on May 26 claimed there is no documented evidence of Lord Mountbatten, C Rajagopalachari and Jawaharlal Nehru describing the 'Sengol' as a symbol of transfer of power by the British to India. On May 25, the BJP had alleged that the Congress displayed disregard for Hindu traditions by calling the sacred 'Sengol' a "golden stick gifted" …

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