India or Bharat? Opposition's new name, Himanta's deleted tweet reignite debate
1 year, 5 months ago

India or Bharat? Opposition's new name, Himanta's deleted tweet reignite debate

India Today  

It's an age-old debate that has got a fresh lease of life. BJP leader and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma was quick to tweet "Congress for India, Modi ji for Bharat". Ultimately, the Constituent Assembly of India settled on a compromise of using both names in Article 1 of the Indian Constitution, stating that "India, that is Bharat, shall be a Union of States." Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted, "Congress for India, Modi ji for Bharat". "Surplus of sour grapes," the Congress scoffed, reminding Himanta Biswa Sarma of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pet schemes like 'Digital India' and 'Skill India'.

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'Dare BJP to...': Arvind Kejriwal on Bharat controversy
1 year, 3 months ago

'Dare BJP to...': Arvind Kejriwal on Bharat controversy

India TV News  

Chhattisgarh: AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday launched a scathing attack on PM Modi-led BJP over the Bharat controversy and said he would like to challenge the BJP if they dare change the name of India. Ahead of the Chhattisgarh assembly elections, the opposition bloc is not letting go of any chance to attack PM Modi and the BJP …

HT Interview: If Opposition fights together, we are going to succeed, says Congress chief Kharge
1 year, 3 months ago

HT Interview: If Opposition fights together, we are going to succeed, says Congress chief Kharge

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: When Mallikarjun Kharge marks the first anniversary as Congress chief next month, he would have two assembly election wins under his belt - Himachal Pradesh and Karnataka. We have to take everyone into confidence Read here: INDIA group will edge BJP out in ’24: Kharge Your style, it is always said, is to build consensus. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru …

On ‘India’ vs ‘Bharat’ debate, Rahul Gandhi's jibe at Centre: ‘We irritated…’
1 year, 3 months ago

On ‘India’ vs ‘Bharat’ debate, Rahul Gandhi's jibe at Centre: ‘We irritated…’

Hindustan Times  

Amid the India versus Bharat debate, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday took a jibe at the BJP-led central government saying he “does not really have a problem with either of the names” since both are used in the Constitution. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Addressing a press conference, Gandhi said, "It starts with "India, that is Bharat, shall be a …

PM Modi identified as leader representing Bharat at G20 meet
1 year, 3 months ago

PM Modi identified as leader representing Bharat at G20 meet

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was identified as the leader representing 'Bharat' at the G20 Summit here on Saturday as he made his opening remarks at the beginning of the two-day meeting.The government has used 'Bharat', a name used in the Constitution for the country along with India, in several official G20 documents. The name card in front of …

India or Bharat? A dinner invite sparks speculation as Modi’s ministers push to rebrand the country
1 year, 3 months ago

India or Bharat? A dinner invite sparks speculation as Modi’s ministers push to rebrand the country

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — It began with a dinner invitation. India is known by two names: India, used worldwide, and the Sanskrit and Hindi nomenclature of “Bharat.” Now, Modi’s government is signaling that Indians should shed the name India and instead call their country Bharat. Prominent among such efforts is the government’s renaming of the northern city of Allahabad — named …

‘India’ or ‘Bharat’? A G-20 dinner invite sparks rumors of a national rebrand
1 year, 3 months ago

‘India’ or ‘Bharat’? A G-20 dinner invite sparks rumors of a national rebrand

LA Times  

An Indian fan at the Cricket World Cup holds a flag that uses the Sanskrit word for India, “Bharat.” It began with a dinner invitation. State-issued invites sent to guests of this week’s G-20 meeting in New Delhi referred to India’s ceremonial president, Droupadi Murmu, as “President of Bharat.” Suddenly, in many circles, the question was everywhere: Would the country …

India ’renaming’ row: Opposition says ‘assault’ on Union of States, BJP applauds
1 year, 3 months ago

India ’renaming’ row: Opposition says ‘assault’ on Union of States, BJP applauds

Live Mint  

A controversy erupted in the political circles when a G20 Summit dinner invite was sent out in the name of the 'President of Bharat' and not the customary ‘President of India’. While the Opposition said there was a possibility of a name change for India to Bharat alleging it was an “assault” on the Union of States, the ruling parties …

India that is Bharat: The Hindu Editorial on a name game
1 year, 3 months ago

India that is Bharat: The Hindu Editorial on a name game

The Hindu  

India and Bharat have both evoked the same emotions among patriots for decades, but these labels of pride have now been weaponised for narrow political ends. The Bharatiya Janata Party government at the Centre has decided to use Bharat instead of India in some official communication and documents, a practice that its representatives say will now expand. ‘India, that is …

India, Bharat and a host of implications
1 year, 3 months ago

India, Bharat and a host of implications

The Hindu  

There are historical, ideological, constitutional and international implications associated with the words Bharat and India. For these parties in the Opposition, the unprecedented use of ‘President of Bharat’ instead of ‘President of India’ is on account of the Narendra Modi government’s concern that ‘INDIA’ may become politically potent. Its ‘Statement of Objects and Reasons’ mentions that “The Constitution of India …

‘Oppn bloc calling itself BHARAT might…’: Tharoor’s sarcastic jibe at Centre
1 year, 3 months ago

‘Oppn bloc calling itself BHARAT might…’: Tharoor’s sarcastic jibe at Centre

Live Mint  

Congress MP from Kerala, Shashi Tharoor, is famous for his witty opposition and impeccable knowledge of English words, on Wednesday took a swipe at the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government over the India-Bharat naming row, saying the opposition bloc could call itself the "Alliance for Betterment, Harmony And Responsible Advancement for Tomorrow " and then perhaps the ruling party might …

India vs Bharat row: Is name change for India to ‘Bharat’ possible?
1 year, 3 months ago

India vs Bharat row: Is name change for India to ‘Bharat’ possible?

Live Mint  

Just as India is getting ready to host the G20 leaders, the Central government has gotten embroiled in a controversy over the alleged “renaming” of India to Bharat. The drill followed – The INDIA bloc protested against an “assault” on the Union of States, the NDA faction hailed the use of ‘Bharat’, saying the word ‘India’ was given by the …

'It is right time to correct India to Bharat', says BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
1 year, 3 months ago

'It is right time to correct India to Bharat', says BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

Firstpost  

The Modi-government is likely to bring a resolution for changing India’s official name to Bharat during the special Parliament session scheduled from 18 to 22 September The Bharatiya Janata Party has been giving fitting responses to the Opposition for its criticism of changing the country’s name from India to Bharat. BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Wednesday said, “I feel it …

’Please read Constitution’: Jaishankar’s dig at Oppn furore over renaming row
1 year, 3 months ago

’Please read Constitution’: Jaishankar’s dig at Oppn furore over renaming row

Live Mint  

Union Minister Jaishankar on Wednesday took a dig at the Opposition for its uproar over the speculations that the Central government will propose renaming India to 'Bharat', saying ‘India, that is Bharat’ is mentioned in the Constitution. The speculation erupted after Rashtrapati Bhawan invitations for a G20 dinner on September 9 on behalf of the 'President of Bharat' and the …

India vs Bharat row: ‘Not Startup India from now?’, Cong asks Centre
1 year, 3 months ago

India vs Bharat row: ‘Not Startup India from now?’, Cong asks Centre

Live Mint  

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Tuesday slammed the BJP-led central government over India's name change rumors. Speaking to ANI, the Congress leader said, “BJP is scared of the word India since the Opposition bloc – Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance was formed. The government should immediately abandon the President's House if they have a problem with British rule.” “Why …

India vs Bharat: Modi government opposed plea seeking name change 8 years ago
1 year, 3 months ago

India vs Bharat: Modi government opposed plea seeking name change 8 years ago

India Today  

The ongoing political dispute over the potential renaming of 'India' to 'Bharat' has triggered a legal discussion over whether it is feasible to rename the country. The G20 Summit invitation cards, describing President Droupadi Murmu as the 'President of Bharat', followed by another invitation referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi as ‘Prime Minister of Bharat’, triggered a debate as the …

OPINION | ‘BHARAT’, NOT ‘INDIA’, WILL BE IN TUNE WITH OUR TRADITION, CULTURE
1 year, 3 months ago

OPINION | ‘BHARAT’, NOT ‘INDIA’, WILL BE IN TUNE WITH OUR TRADITION, CULTURE

India TV News  

The debate is on over whether our country should be officially named ‘Bharat’ or the present name ‘India’ should remain. This has fuelled speculations about whether the government is going to remove the word ‘India’ from the Constitution, and whether our country will, henceforth, have only one name “Bharat”. Opposition leaders reacted saying “BJP is rattled by the INDIA alliance …

India vs Bharat: EAM S Jaishankar takes a dig at Opposition furore over G20 Summit dinner invite | VIDEO
1 year, 3 months ago

India vs Bharat: EAM S Jaishankar takes a dig at Opposition furore over G20 Summit dinner invite | VIDEO

India TV News  

India vs Bharat: Taking a veiled dig at the Opposition parties over their comments following Rashtrapati Bhawan sending out invitations for a G20 Summit 2023 dinner on September 9 on behalf of 'President of Bharat', External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said India that is Bharat is mentioned in the Constitution. The minister was asked about the opposition parties’ reaction and …

India or Bharat: What’s behind the dispute over the country’s name?
1 year, 3 months ago

India or Bharat: What’s behind the dispute over the country’s name?

Al Jazeera  

A change to the Sanskrit name is backed by PM Narendra Modi’s BJP, which says the word ‘India’ is a symbol of colonial slavery. Controversy has gripped India after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government referred to the country as Bharat on official invitations, leaving many wondering whether the name will be changed. “While there is no constitutional objection to calling …

Two CJIs, four years apart, had dealt differently with pleas for ‘Bharat’ instead of ‘India’
1 year, 3 months ago

Two CJIs, four years apart, had dealt differently with pleas for ‘Bharat’ instead of ‘India’

The Hindu  

Four years apart, two Chief Justices of India had reacted differently to demands for ‘Bharat’ instead of ‘India’. These hearings in the top court had happened years before the 2023 G-20 dinner invite described President Droupadi Murmu as the ‘President of Bharat’ sparking a row over whether the government was planning to drop ‘India’ and keep just ‘Bharat’. Thakur told …

‘Will they change Bharat to BJP?': Arvind Kejriwal’s sharp reaction on G20 invite row
1 year, 3 months ago

‘Will they change Bharat to BJP?': Arvind Kejriwal’s sharp reaction on G20 invite row

Hindustan Times  

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday gave an incisive response to the row over the use of ‘President of Bharat’ in place of the traditional ‘President of India’ in the official dinner invitation of foreign dignitaries to the upcoming G20 Summit. The Aam Aadmi Party convenor asked whether the ruling party in the Centre would change the country's name …

Is India about to change its name?
1 year, 3 months ago

Is India about to change its name?

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy An official invite for India’s …

From India to Bharat: A brief history of the many names of the country
1 year, 3 months ago

From India to Bharat: A brief history of the many names of the country

Firstpost  

Will India soon be called Bharat? “The adoption of India suggests how colonial nomenclature signalled changes in perspectives and helped to usher in an understanding of the subcontinent as a single, bounded and British political territory,” Barrow writes in the article titled “From Hindustan to India: Naming change in changing names.” The Constitution says… In his book “The Discovery of …

Why India’s government wants to change the country’s name to ‘Bharat’
1 year, 3 months ago

Why India’s government wants to change the country’s name to ‘Bharat’

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has replaced the name India with a Sanskrit word in dinner invitations sent to guests attending this week’s Group of 20 summit, in a move that reflects his Hindu nationalist party’s efforts to eliminate what it sees as colonial-era names. The Twitter page of India’s opposition Congress party leader Shashi Tharoor shows …

‘Bharat’ replaces ‘India’ in G-20 invite from President
1 year, 3 months ago

‘Bharat’ replaces ‘India’ in G-20 invite from President

The Hindu  

Invitations sent by President Droupadi Murmu to the heads of states and government and the Chief Ministers of Indian States for an official banquet on the occasion of the G-20 Summit in New Delhi created a flutter as the word “India” was replaced with “Bharat”. BJP national secretary Sambit Patra posted on X the cover of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s …

India vs Bharat: Opposition cites Constitution, BJP brandishes culture, history
1 year, 3 months ago

India vs Bharat: Opposition cites Constitution, BJP brandishes culture, history

Firstpost  

Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar alleged that the grand old party had a problem with everything, adding that the country was ‘Bharat’ and would always remain ‘Bharat’ The invitation for G20 dinner in the name of the ‘President of Bharat’ rather than India, has sparked a major dust-up between the ruling BJP and the Opposition that recently named its broad alliance …

G20 invite fuels speculation about legislation to rename India as Bharat
1 year, 3 months ago

G20 invite fuels speculation about legislation to rename India as Bharat

Hindustan Times  

The Union government could introduce a bill during the special session of Parliament from September 18-22 to officially rename India as Bharat. Congress leader Jairam Ramesh hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Rashtrapati Bhawan’s invite for the G20 dinner on September 9 in the name of “President of Bharat” instead of the usual “President of India”. “I …

Congress says Rashtrapati Bhawan sent invite for G20 dinner in name of ‘President of Bharat’
1 year, 3 months ago

Congress says Rashtrapati Bhawan sent invite for G20 dinner in name of ‘President of Bharat’

Hindustan Times  

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday said Rashtrapati Bhawan has sent an invite for a G20 dinner on September 9 in the name of “President of Bharat” instead of the usual “President of India”. In a post on X, he cited the Constitution’s Article 1 that “Bharat, that is India, shall be a Union of States” and added now even …

‘INDIA’: What you need to know about India’s opposition alliance
1 year, 4 months ago

‘INDIA’: What you need to know about India’s opposition alliance

Al Jazeera  

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a fondness for abbreviations and acronyms that create buzz around his government schemes. Last week, Modi’s political opponents did exactly that as they announced a new alliance – called “INDIA” – to deny Modi a third straight win and defeat his Bharatiya Janata Party in next year’s election. The election battle is between “Narendra …

INDIA a work in progress, adds Bharat to its tagline
1 year, 5 months ago

INDIA a work in progress, adds Bharat to its tagline

The Hindu  

A day after naming itself ‘INDIA’, the Opposition coalition added Bharat to its tagline. The name chosen by 26 Opposition parties — Indian National Developmental, Inclusive Alliance, or INDIA — sparked off a political controversy, with Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had targeted the “colonial” name. “Judega Bharat, Jeetega India,” the Congress party’s official Twitter handle posted on Wednesday, …

'Go tell your boss': On Himanta Sarma's Bharat post, Opposition's India reminder
1 year, 5 months ago

'Go tell your boss': On Himanta Sarma's Bharat post, Opposition's India reminder

India Today  

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's Bharat vs India post and a colonial hangover jibe at the Opposition over the name 'INDIA' for the new bloc drew a sharp retort from the Congress. BJP for BHARAT — Himanta Biswa Sarma July 18, 2023 His post came hours after the Opposition, at its meeting in Bengaluru, declared a new name for …

INDIA alliance gets a new tagline - Jeetega Bharat
1 year, 5 months ago

INDIA alliance gets a new tagline - Jeetega Bharat

India Today  

A day after Opposition announced 'INDIA' as the name of their front, they chose 'Jeetega Bharat' as the tagline of the alliance that aims to defeat the BJP in the 2024 general election. When leaders of 26 Opposition parties named the alliance I.N.D.I.A - Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance - during the two-day Bengaluru conclave on Tuesday, they felt that …

Picking the name INDIA for alliance, Opposition parties frame 2024 battle as BJP vs the country
1 year, 5 months ago

Picking the name INDIA for alliance, Opposition parties frame 2024 battle as BJP vs the country

The Hindu  

At the conclusion of a four-hour-long meeting of the Opposition on Tuesday, the 26 parties announced the name of their alliance — INDIA, standing for Indian National Developmental, Inclusive Alliance. Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi had during the “Bharat Jodo Yatra” stressed on the growing chasm between “two Indias” and the Congress wanted the name of the alliance to address …

‘Calling it INDIA Like Naming…’ to ‘INDIA a Union of States’: Twitter Reacts to Oppn Alliance Name
1 year, 5 months ago

‘Calling it INDIA Like Naming…’ to ‘INDIA a Union of States’: Twitter Reacts to Oppn Alliance Name

News 18  

As the 26 Opposition parties announced the name of their 2024 Lok Sabha poll alliance – Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance — in Bengaluru on Tuesday, Twitter saw a range of reactions. It’s going to be “a battle between NDA and INDIA” in 2024, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said in the meeting, as …

Bharat Jodo Yatra | Opposition in a difficult fight, says Rahul Gandhi
2 years, 3 months ago

Bharat Jodo Yatra | Opposition in a difficult fight, says Rahul Gandhi

The Hindu  

On the second day of his Bharat Joda Yatra, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said the fight in India today was not between one political party and another, but a fight between the structure of the Indian state and the opposition. Alleging that the BJP had taken control of all the institutions and inserted their people in most of …

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