Why does Cong. hate Indian culture, sacred ‘Sengol’ kept in museum as walking stick: Shah

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Soon after the Congress accused BJP of spreading false narrative on ‘Sengol’, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday hit out, asking why it hates Indian tradition and culture and calls the sacred ‘Sengol’ which was kept at the Allahabad Museum a ‘walking stick’.

Shah took to Twitter to hit back at the Congress, and said, “Why does the Congress party hate Indian traditions and culture so much? 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’s remarks came after Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh on Friday said that the BJP was spreading “false narrative” on ‘Sengol’.

In a tweet, Ramesh, who is communication in-charge of the Congress, said, “Is it any surprise that the new Parliament is being consecrated with typically false narratives from the WhatsApp University? The BJP/RSS Distorians stand exposed yet again with Maximum Claims, Minimum Evidence.”

Ramesh said that a majestic spectre conceived of by a religious establishment in then Madras province and crafted in Madras city was indeed presented to Nehru in August 1947.