Congress claims no documented evidence of ‘Sengol’ being symbol of transfer of power by British to India; BJP hits back

Ramesh alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his “drum-beaters” were using the sceptre for their political ends in Tamil Nadu. “This is typical of this brigade that embroiders facts to suit its twisted objectives,” he said.

The ”Sengol’, will be placed close to the Chair of the Lok Sabha speaker after the new Parliament building is inaugurated by Modi on May 28.

Hitting back at the Congress over its allegations, Union Home Minister Amit Shah asked why the party “hates Indian traditions and culture so much”. In a tweet, Shah said, “… A sacred Sengol was given to Pandit Nehru by a holy Saivite Mutt from Tamil Nadu to symbolize India’s freedom but it was banished to a museum as a ‘walking stick’”.

Shah also said that Thiruvaduthurai Adheenam, a holy Saivite Mutt, had spoken about the importance of the Sengol at the time of India’s freedom. “Congress is calling Adheenam’s history as BOGUS! Congress needs to reflect on their behaviour,” he tweeted.

BJP president JP Nadda said parties that are boycotting the inauguration of the new Parliament building are dynasty-run, “whose monarchic methods are at loggerheads with the principles of republicanism and democracy in our Constitution”.

In a series of tweets, Nadda called the boycott an insult to the makers of the Constitution. The BJP chief said that the Congress and “Nehru-Gandhi” family are “unable to digest a simple fact that the people of India have placed their faith in a man hailing from a humble background. Elitist mindsets of dynasts are preventing them from logical thinking”. 

BJP spokesperson Amit Malaviya said that the vesting of the “sacred ‘Sengol'” with Nehru, on the eve of India’s Independence, was the exact moment of transfer of power from the British to India.

Earlier on Thursday, the BJP alleged that the Congress displayed “disregard” for Hindu traditions by calling the sacred ‘Sengol’ a “golden stick gifted” to India’s first prime minister Nehru.

Congress, along with 19 others have planned a boycott against the inauguration of the new building on Sunday. Announcing the decision in a joint statement, Opposition parties had said the prime minister’s decision to inaugurate it by himself, “completely sidelining President Droupadi Murmu, is not only a grave insult but a direct assault on our democracy which demands a commensurate response”.

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