'Another blow to slavery mentality': Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami hails 'Republic of Bharat'
Pushkar Singh Dhami said on Tuesday that the government of India has given another blow to the slavery mentality by replacing 'India' with 'Bharat' on the invitation card for the dinner to be held at Rashtrapati Bhavan during the G20 Summit.
Taking to X (formerly Twitter), Dhami posted a picture of the G20 summit invitation and wrote, «Another blow to the slavery mentality. It is a proud moment for every countryman to have 'The President of Bharat' written on the invitation card for the dinner to be held at Rashtrapati Bhavan during the G20 Summit.
Long live Mother Bharat!»
Notably, this is the first time that the government of India has used the term 'Bharat' instead of the usual term 'India' on an official invitation. The move, however, has created a divide among the BJP and Opposition bloc, as several leaders from the INDIA alliance claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Central government is trying to create a divide by referring to India as Bharat.
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh accused PM Modi of «distorting history and dividing India» and said the «Objective of parties in the INDIA bloc is also Bharat-Bring Harmony, Amity, and Reconciliation.
On X, Jairam Ramesh said, „So the news is indeed true.
Rashtrapati Bhawan has sent out an invitation for a G20 dinner on September 9 in the name of 'President of Bharat' instead of the usual 'President of India.' Now, Article 1 in the Constitution can read, “Bharat, that was India, shall be a Union of States. But now even this „Union of States“ is under assault,» Ramesh said.
«Mr Modi can continue to distort history and divide India; that is Bharat; that is a Union of States.
But we will not be deterred. After all, what is the objective of Indian parties? It is
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