BJP & Cong cross swords on horrors of Partition, genesis

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BJP and Congress tussled over the saffron party's initiative to recall the trauma that accompanied Partition in 1947, with the latter taking exception to a video released by the ruling party that held the Nehru-led Congress responsible for not stopping the creation of Pakistan 75 years ago. Union HRD minister Dharmendra Pradhan retaliated against Congress's attack on the effort to remember Partition by saying those who did not care about the lives and honour of millions when they agreed to divide the country have trouble paying tributes to those who lost everything during the tragedy.

"The brunt of Partition, which ruined the lives of crores of people, was forgotten for decades as if nothing had happened. Partition Horror Remembrance Day is an attempt to remind the country of that era and not to break it again, but Congress did not like Akhand Bharat' then and is not liking it now," Pradhan tweeted. He also said that Congress's criticism of the move signalled a slave mentality that led the party to put the interests of "one family" above the country and the people.