Amruta Fadnavis Rashrtra Pita Remark: Amruta Fadnavis, wife of Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, has given the opposition Congress new ammunition to target the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Speaking at an event, Amruta sought to liken Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Mahatma Gandhi, saying India has two 'Rastra Pita' (father of nation).
"We have two 'Rashtra Pita'. Narendra Modi is the father of New India and Mahatma Gandhi is the father of the nation of earlier times," Amruta, a banker and singer, said during a mock court interview.
In the mock court interview, Amruta was asked about her calling Modi as 'Rashtra Pita' last year. The interviewer asked her if Modi is the 'Rashtra Pita', then who is Mahatma Gandhi?
Amruta replied that Mahatma Gandhi is the country's 'Rashtra pita and Modi is the 'Rashtra Pita of New India'. "We have two rashtra pita; Narendra Modi is the rashtra pita of New India and Mahatma Gandhi is rashtra pita of that (earlier) era," she added.
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Congress slams Amruta
Congress leader and former Maharashtra minister Yashomati Thakur slammed the senior BJP leader's wife over the remarks.
“People following the BJP and RSS ideology keep trying to kill Gandhiji again and again. They keep doing such things as they are obsessed with changing history by repeating lies and maligning great people like Gandhiji,” Thakur said.
Gov Koshyari faces flak over Shivaji remark
Amruta Fadnavis' remarks came days after Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari faced flak from Opposition over his remarks about Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
After he was slammed by the Opposition for his comments on the Maratha warrior king, Koshyari had written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah explaining his stand and clarifying he would “never even imagine” insulting such icons.
“I cannot even imagine in my dreams to insult icons like Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Maharana Pratap and Shri Guru Govind Singh. You are aware that I do not hesitate to express regrets or apologise immediately even if I unintentionally made a mistake,” Koshyari wrote in the letter addressed to Shah.
The letter came amid demands by the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance that Koshyari be removed from his post for insulting Shivaji Maharaj.
(With inputs from PTI)
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