Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has said the BJP government seems to be irritated with name of opposition alliance INDIA, amid the controversy between Opposition and ruling BJP over use of word ‘Bharat’ instead of India.
In Our Constitution, India Is Defined As ‘India That Is Bharat- A Union Of States’: Rahul Gandhi
“In our Constitution, India is defined as ‘India that is Bharat- a Union of States’. So, these states have come together to form India or Bharat. The most important thing is that the voice of all the people included in these states is heard loud and clear and no voice is crushed or intimidated,” the MP from Kerala’s Wayanad said in response to a question during his recent interaction with the students and faculty at Sciences Po University in Paris, France.
“The Constitution actually uses both names. The BJP government seems to be irritated with the name of our coalition (INDIA). Now, they’ve decided to change the name of the country. People act in strange ways. We could give our coalition a second name as well. I don’t think it will solve the purpose, but people act in strange ways. There is something deeper that is going on. People who want to change the name of anything are basically trying to deny history. The fact is whether we like it or not, we have a history, we were ruled by the British, we fought the British, we defeated the British,” Gandhi further added.