Union Minister Kiren Rijiju puts light on the issue of 'Nehru's five blunders'
Elaborating on the "blunders", Rijiju said that it is all interconnected as all of them are linked to Kashmir, half part of which is under the possession of Pakistan.
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New Delhi, Nov 14: Union Minister Kiren Rijiju raked up the issue of "Nehru's five blunders" on the former Prime Minister's birth anniversary and alleged that "Friend First, India Second" defined India's first PM's initial Kashmir policy in 1947 leading to "tragic consequences". In a tweet on Monday (Nov 14) morning, the Union Minister attacked Jawaharlal Nehru over the issue of Kashmir.
"What really happened? Why did Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru delay the accession of Kashmir into India and thereby give Pakistan an opportunity to invade it? ...The real story behind Nehru's "Panch-Bhool" or 5 Blunders on Kashmir," Rijiju tweeted. Alleging that Nehru "rejected" Maharaja Hari Singh's plea to accede to India thrice, the Union Minister said that the former Prime Minister's initial Kashmir policy was defined by "Friend First, India Second".
"Nehru rejected Maharaja Hari Singh's plea to accede to India not just once but thrice. "Friend First, India Second" is what defined Nehru's initial Kashmir policy in 1947. It led to tragic consequences for which India paid a price for seven decades," Rijiju tweeted. Earlier on October 27, Rijiju shared charged the first Prime Minister of independent India Jawaharlal Nehru with committing "five blunders" in regard to Kashmir which he alleged "claimed unaccounted lives", while also stating that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is setting right the mistakes of the past.
Rijiju alleged that due to the mistakes of the then Prime Minister Nehru, Kashmir has "unnecessarily become an issue" and said that it is "important to take out the fault" and set a "correct narrative". Rijiju said, "Dr Ambedkar had rightly said, those who forget their history cannot create history. So it is important that we realize the mistakes. What our first Prime Minister Nehru did with Kashmir has caused so much tragedy. It has drained the national wealth. It has taken away the unaccounted lives of the jawans and the civilians. And, because of that blunder, today, Kashmir has unnecessarily become an issue. It is important that we take out the fault and build on that and set a correct narrative. The blunders committed by Nehru have been undone and corrected by PM Modi."
"That is why I thought today is a perfect anniversary, the perfect occasion to bring out the truth in front of the people of the country. What I have done is simply to take the facts before the nation. Whatever Nehru ji had said in the Parliament, whatever he had stated in our constituent assembly, and whatever he did, all are part of the documents and these documents are something which the country must know," he added. Elaborating on the "blunders", Rijiju said that it is all interconnected as all of them are linked to Kashmir, half part of which is under the possession of Pakistan.
"When it comes to history, I cannot change history. I cannot tweak history. That is why I have stated that the blunders committed by Nehru Ji have been undone by Modi Ji. Nobody can take Kashmir from India, but it is disappointing that half of Kashmir is captured by Pakistan and some parts of it have been given to China by Pakistan," he said.
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