Rahul Gandhi Stocks Everlasting Flame Picture In Dig At Centre On Republic Day
Rahul Gandhi posted the tweet with a picture of the everlasting flame. (Document)
New Delhi:
Rahul Gandhi’s Republic Day greetings on Twitter highlighted the Amar Jawan Jyoti or everlasting flame at India Gate, which has now been merged with the only on the Nationwide Struggle Memorial.
“On Republic Day in 1950, our nation took step one in the appropriate route with self belief. Salute to that first step of fact and equality. Greetings on Republic Day. Jai Hind,” the Congress chief tweeted.
1950 में गणतंत्र दिवस पर हमारे देश ने विश्वास के साथ सही दिशा में पहला क़दम बढ़ाया था। सत्य और समानता के उस पहले क़दम को नमन।
गणतंत्र दिवस की शुभकामनाएँ।
जय हिंद! pic.twitter.com/EA5ygwjwDD
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) January 26, 2022
He posted the tweet with a picture of the everlasting flame, which used to be extinguished at India Gate after 50 years and merged with the Nationwide Struggle Memorial flame, 400 metres away.
The transfer used to be criticized through many, together with the Congress and different opposition events.
“This can be a subject of serious disappointment that the immortal flame that used to burn for our courageous infantrymen will likely be extinguished as of late,” Rahul Gandhi had mentioned in a tweet.
“Some folks do not perceive patriotism or sacrifice. We will be able to as soon as once more mild the Amar Jawan Jyoti for our infantrymen,” he wrote.
The federal government emphasised that the flame used to be no longer being extinguished and {that a} “lot of incorrect information” have been circulated.
“The flame of the Amar Jawan Jyoti isn’t being extinguished. It’s being merged with the flame on the Nationwide Struggle Memorial. It used to be an atypical factor to peer that the flame at Amar Jawan Jyoti paid homage to the martyrs of the 1971 and different wars however none in their names are provide there,” mentioned executive resources.
The India Gate used to be constructed through the British as a memorial to the warriors of the British Indian Military who died in Global Struggle-I. The Amar Jawan Jyoti used to be positioned underneath the India Gate after the India-Pakistan battle of 1971, when the Indira Gandhi-led Congress executive used to be in energy.
“The names of Indian infantrymen who died in wars after Independence, together with the 1971 battle, are engraved on the Nationwide Struggle Memorial, mentioned the federal government. “This can be a true shraddhanjali (tribute) to have the flame paying tribute to martyrs there,” mentioned the federal government.
