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On the 81st anniversary of Gandhi’s ‘Quit India agitation’ to expel the British from India, the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) launched a scathing attack on the Congress. It emphasized that today’s India desires an end to ‘family rule,’ ‘appeasement,’ and ‘corruption,’ urging these factors to exit the country.
Taking to Twitter, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid “tributes to the greats who took part in the Quit India Movement”. While Modi mentioned that the movement, under the leadership of Gandhi, “played a major role in freeing India from colonial rule”, he stated: “Today, India is saying in one voice: Corruption Quit India. Dynasty Quit India. Appeasement Quit India.”
Tributes to the greats who took part in the Quit India Movement. Under the leadership of Gandhi Ji, this Movement played a major role in freeing India from colonial rule. Today, India is saying in one voice:
Corruption Quit India.
Dynasty Quit India.
Appeasement Quit India. pic.twitter.com/w6acXBoNq1
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 9, 2023
Elaborating on Modi’s tweet, BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad said if the democratic fabric of the country is to be safeguarded these ills- family rule, and corruption have to quit India.
“The meaning of family dynasty is that a son or daughter of a leader will become the leader of the party. Not just a leader but he will either become a PM/CM or a candidate for the PM/CM post irrespective of their capability. Packaging and re-packaging of Rahul Gandhi keep going on. But does Congress ever think of Rahul Gandhi as capable of becoming a leader of a country like India?” he asked.
The BJP MPs also held a demonstration on Parliament grounds in memory of the Quit India campaign, with placards such as “Corruption Quit India,” “Dynasty Quit India,” and “Appeasement Quit India.”
The BJP MPs also held a demonstration on Parliament grounds in memory of the Quit India campaign, with placards such as “Corruption Quit India,” “Dynasty Quit India,” and “Appeasement Quit India.”
Five years later, on the 81st anniversary of #QuitIndia, it’s time to renew the call for communalism, corruption & cronyism to #QuitIndia forthwith. @INCIndia https://t.co/H5hH1meIlP
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) August 9, 2023
In response to the BJP’s protest in Parliament, he tweeted, “Ironic to see BJP members chanting slogans with the theme #QuitIndia near Gandhiji’s statue in Parliament.” Where were their ideological forebears 81 years ago? Supporting the British imperialist government!”
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee took the opportunity to pay homage to all those who toiled towards bringing freedom to India. “Today, on the anniversary of ‘Bharat Chhodo Andolan’, I pay my homage to everyone who had given everything for the freedom of this great country. We must always uphold their great ideals of harmony and humanity to ensure a healthy, beautiful, promising, united, tolerant, strong India in the future. The idea of India should not die,” she wrote on Twitter.
Source:IE
