Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh took a swipe at Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi for paying tribute to Mahatma Gandhi ahead of his swearing-in on Sunday.
"Aap track record dekhiye--His ideological brotherhood created such a toxic environment of hostility and hatred that it resulted in the cold-blooded murder of the Mahatma on January 30th, 1948,” Ramesh said on X.
"He (Modi) never pulls up his colleagues who make Nathuram Godse into some sort of hero, he displaces Mahatma Gandhi's statue in Parliament House--not once but twice," the Congress leader said.
"He falsely claims that before the Attenborough film of 1982 on him, Mahatma Gandhi was not known to the world. He demolishes and destroys Gandhian institutions in Varanasi, Ahmedabad, and elsewhere. Breath-taking hypocrisy!," he further said.
Modi visited Rajghat in the morning and paid tribute to the Father of the Nation. He paid tributes to stalwart BJP leader and former prime minister Atal Bihari at his memorial 'Sadaiv Atal'.
Modi also offered his respects at the National War Memorial, a monument to soldiers who have made the supreme sacrifice for the country.
