Partition Horrors Remembrance Day...On the occasion of India's second 'Partition Vibhishika Memorial Day', bjp has targeted former prime minister Pandit jawaharlal nehru by releasing a video on the partition of 1947. In this 7-minute video of bjp, Nehru has been held responsible for the partition of India. congress has retaliated on this.
Congress General Secretary jairam ramesh said, 'The real intention of the prime minister behind celebrating the partition on 14th august as Memorial Day has come to the fore. He wants to use painful historical events for his political advantage.BJP has shown Cyril john Radcliffe in the video and told how the partition of the country was signed between Nehru and Jinnah on june 2, 1947. bjp wrote in the caption accompanying the video, 'Those who had no knowledge of India's cultural heritage, civilization, values, pilgrimages, in just three weeks, they drew the data-border between people living together for centuries. Where were those people at that time who had the responsibility of fighting against these divisive forces?It is worth noting that prime minister Narendra Modi had announced last year that every year 14 august would be celebrated as 'Vibhishika Memorial Day' or Partition Horrors Remembrance Day in remembrance of battles and sacrifices of "our people".