NEW DELHI: A fresh controversy has broken out between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress over alleged “incorrect representation” of Indian maps displayed by the grand party to mark the centenary of the 1924 Congress session in Karnataka. belagavi.
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“RaGa’s Mohabbat ki Dukaan is always open to China! They would break the nation. They have done it once. They will do it again,” BJP Karnataka unit wrote in the post on X.
According to the BJP, the maps drawn by the Congress exclude the Gilgit area in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and the Chinese-controlled Aksai Chin region, which are considered integral parts of Jammu and Kashmir.
“@INCKarnataka has shown complete disrespect for India’s sovereignty by displaying a distorted map at its event in Belagavi, portraying Kashmir as part of Pakistan. All this just to appease its vote bank. This is shameful! !” the match published in ‘X’.
BJP’s Vijayapura MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal called for police action against the organizers of the event. Yatnal posted on ‘X’: “Publishing an incorrect map of India is not only a violation of geospatial information standards but also violates the law.”
He pointed out that showing a incorrect indian map It is an offense under section 74 of the IPC and the National Honor Act. “This is the way Congress is celebrating its historic CWC session by distorting the map of India, without showing PoK as part of Indian territory. What a shame @INCKarnataka.”
He further posted, “I appeal to @SPBelagavi to immediately register a case against the organizers for misrepresenting the map of India.”
Reacting to the controversy, deputy chief minister and Karnataka Congress unit president DK Shivakumar slammed the BJP and said, “don’t try to pick a small stone in the curds.” He stressed that they organized the event “according to Indian tradition and the values of those days.”
He added that the posters would be removed if there were any errors.
“Some leaders might have made some mistake, we are removing everything. Don’t try to pick a small stone in the curd. We have done it as per the Indian tradition and values of those days. The BJP is there to attack us, they can.” “There is no medicine for jealousy. Let them do what they want,” he told reporters in Belagavi.
Responding to BJP’s criticism, Congress leader Srinivas BV alleged that the saffron party and the RSS have created this controversy. “They have a problem with this centenary celebration of Mahatma Gandhi taking over as president of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) and taking historic decisions to bring about reforms. They are spreading lies,” he added.
The controversy erupts ahead of the CWC Congress in Belagavi, Karnataka, which began on Thursday afternoon. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi, Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah and several other leaders marked their presence at the meeting.