Bharatiya Janata Celebration leaders from royal households, Jyotiraditya Scindia and Diya Kumari, have criticised Congress chief Rahul Gandhi for his current comment on British East India Firm’s ties with Maharajas and Nawabs.
“The East India Firm choked India by partnering with, bribing, and threatening our extra pliant maharajas and nawabs,” learn an Indian Specific column by Opposition chief Rahul Gandhi.
The point out of Maharajas and Nawabs did not sit nicely with BJP leaders with a royal lineage. Criticising the comment, Minister of Communications for India, Jyotiraditya Scindia, requested Rahul Gandhi to “cease insulting Bharat Mata and find out about true Indian heroes like Mahadji Scindia, Yuvraj Bir Tikendrajit, Kittur Chennamma, and Rani Velu Nachiyar, who fiercely fought for our freedom.”
Whereas sharing the screenshot of the article on X, Jyotiraditya Scindia took a jibe at Gandhi and wrote, “Those that promote hatred haven’t any proper to lecture on Indian delight and historical past.”
“India’s legacy doesn’t start or finish with the title ‘Gandhi’. Solely below PM Shri @narendramodi Ji’s management are the tales of our actual warriors lastly celebrated. Respect Bharat’s historical past, or don’t faux to talk for her,” he added whereas mentioning Rahul Gandhi as a “product of an outdated entitlement.”
‘Baseless allegations made on foundation of half-baked interpretation’: Kumari Diya
Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Diya Kumari condemned Rahul Gandhi’s feedback and claimed that his remarks have been an try to “malign the erstwhile royal households of India”.
She additionally stated that the dream of built-in India was the results of “utmost sacrifice of the erstwhile royal households of India”
“I strongly condemn Mr Rahul Gandhi’s try to malign the erstwhile royal households of India in an editorial right this moment. The dream of built-in India was solely potential due to the utmost sacrifice of the erstwhile royal households of India. Baseless allegations made on the premise of half-baked interpretation of historic info is totally unacceptable,” wrote Diya Kumari in a submit on X.
Jyotiraditya Scindia on his household’s alleged betrayal to Rani Laxmi Bai throughout the Revolt of 1857
Jyotiraditya Scindia comes from a household of Scindia rulers who have been a part of the Maratha dynasty that dominated the erstwhile Gwalior state (now in Madhya Pradesh). Scindias have typically been questioned for collaborating with the British as a substitute of supporting freedom fighter Rani Laxmi Bai throughout the ‘Revolt of 1857’ towards the British rule.
Reacting to comparable allegations, Jyotiraditya Scindia instructed The Lallantop, “Jayajirao Scindia helped Rani of Jhansi until the top. The British had requested to make use of the military. However Jayajirao refused. The British had put him below home arrest. He was put in jail.”
