08-21-2006, 06:59 AM
http://www.newkerala.com/news4.php?actio...ws&id=9232
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Opposing the proposed unveiling of the statue of Rani Laxmibai of Jhansi at the hands of Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje here on August 20, Congress MLA Premchand Guddu today termed it as a gross "disrespect" to the freedom fighters who laid down their lives for the country.
<b>Guddu, in a statement issued here, recalled the alleged anti-role of erstwhile Scindia kingdom in the freedom struggle and demanded that the scions of Scinida clan should express remorse publicly that their forefathers had played a negative role in the freedom struggle.</b>
"Vasundhara Raje has no right to unveil the statue of the great warrior," he said.
Criticising BJP, which is in power in the local municipal corporation and which is installing the bust of Rani Jhansi, he said "the party has to explain its act on this double standard and it appears as if there is no freedom fighter left in the country for the purpose." "If this will continue then a day is not far when the family members of Nathuram Godse will unveil the statue of Mahatma Gandhi," he remarked.
Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee President Subhash Yadav, when asked about Guddu's statement, feigned ignorance and said he would speak to the senior party leader in this regard before reacting on the issue.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Funny. Did he ever ask Scindia clan members in his <i>own</i> party, Madhav Rao and his son Jyotiraditya, to "express remorse publicly"?
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Opposing the proposed unveiling of the statue of Rani Laxmibai of Jhansi at the hands of Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje here on August 20, Congress MLA Premchand Guddu today termed it as a gross "disrespect" to the freedom fighters who laid down their lives for the country.
<b>Guddu, in a statement issued here, recalled the alleged anti-role of erstwhile Scindia kingdom in the freedom struggle and demanded that the scions of Scinida clan should express remorse publicly that their forefathers had played a negative role in the freedom struggle.</b>
"Vasundhara Raje has no right to unveil the statue of the great warrior," he said.
Criticising BJP, which is in power in the local municipal corporation and which is installing the bust of Rani Jhansi, he said "the party has to explain its act on this double standard and it appears as if there is no freedom fighter left in the country for the purpose." "If this will continue then a day is not far when the family members of Nathuram Godse will unveil the statue of Mahatma Gandhi," he remarked.
Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee President Subhash Yadav, when asked about Guddu's statement, feigned ignorance and said he would speak to the senior party leader in this regard before reacting on the issue.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Funny. Did he ever ask Scindia clan members in his <i>own</i> party, Madhav Rao and his son Jyotiraditya, to "express remorse publicly"?