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HYDERABAD: Telangana Congress senior vice president G Niranjan on Monday demanded that union home minister Amit Shah should apologise to the people of Telangana and the Congress party for his comments that the grand old party ignored the martyrs who had fought against the Nizam rule and demanded merger of Hyderabad State into the Indian Union.
“Being an union home minister, Amit Shah has given a false statement to misguide the people.
Yesterday Amit Shah unveiled a statue of Sardar Patel in Gorat village in Bidar district of Karnataka and falsely accused the Congress party of neglecting the martyrs who fought against the Nizam,” Niranjan said.
If BJP governments take initiative for erecting or installation of the statues of Sardar Patel and
martyrs memorials, the Congress will welcome it. But false propaganda by the BJP and its leaders and accusing the Congress of having ignored the martyrs will not be accepted. The BJP is resorting to giving an impression that statues of Sardar Patel were not built in the past, which is wrong.
“Decades ago, the statue of Sardar Patel was erected in front of the State Assembly in Hyderabad and the Ashoka Pillar was built at the Kothi bus stand commemorating the 1857 Sepoy Mutiny and Turrebaz Khan revolt against British residency. All these were built during the Congress period.
It is the Congress government which named a road after Sardar Patel in Secunderabad, Turrebaz Khan Road in Kothi, and Shoaibullah Khan Road in Chappal Bazar,” Niranjan said.
It was the Congress government that installed the statue of Swami Ramananda Tirtha who
fought for the merger of Hyderabad state into the Union Union, in front of the Assembly.
“We demand that Amit Shah disclose a single name of a BJP leader who fought against the Nizam rule and contributed for the merger of Hyderabad state into the Indian Union,” Niranjan demanded
The Congress leaders fought for the merger of Hyderabad into the Indian Union and against the Nizam rule under the banner of Grandhalaya movement, Andhra Mahasabha, Arya Samaj and Hyderabad State Congress. It seems that Amit Shah is not aware of the fact that Hyderabad State Congress was banned by the Nizam in 1948.
The Congress leaders had set up camps in Hyderabad border areas such as Maharashtra and Andhra to save Hyderabad residents from the attacks of Razakars. “it is the Congress government that recognized the freedom fighters who fought against the Nizam and Razakars in Hyderabad as freedom fighters and granted them a pension and allocated land, on par with the freedom fighters of others parts of the country who fought against the British ruler, he said.
When PV Narsimha Rao was Union Home Minister, a separate section was set up in the Home Ministry to take prompt action on the applications of the Freedom Fighters from erstwhile
Hyderabad estate, he said.
It is the Congress which took initiative to help the families of the martyrs by constituting a committee under the leadership of the former minister and freedom fighter Late T.Hayagrivachari in the state. There was an office of the Telangana Freedom fighters association headed by Late Katam Lakshmi Narayana within the premises of Gandhi Bhavan then and provided all assistance to the freedom fighters.
For the last several decades every year the Congress has been celebrating Hyderabad merger day in Gandhi Bhavan on September 17th and felicitating the available freedom fighters who fought against the Nizam, seeking merger of Hyderabad estate into Indian Union, he added.
“Being an union home minister, Amit Shah has given a false statement to misguide the people.
Yesterday Amit Shah unveiled a statue of Sardar Patel in Gorat village in Bidar district of Karnataka and falsely accused the Congress party of neglecting the martyrs who fought against the Nizam,” Niranjan said.
If BJP governments take initiative for erecting or installation of the statues of Sardar Patel and
martyrs memorials, the Congress will welcome it. But false propaganda by the BJP and its leaders and accusing the Congress of having ignored the martyrs will not be accepted. The BJP is resorting to giving an impression that statues of Sardar Patel were not built in the past, which is wrong.
“Decades ago, the statue of Sardar Patel was erected in front of the State Assembly in Hyderabad and the Ashoka Pillar was built at the Kothi bus stand commemorating the 1857 Sepoy Mutiny and Turrebaz Khan revolt against British residency. All these were built during the Congress period.
It is the Congress government which named a road after Sardar Patel in Secunderabad, Turrebaz Khan Road in Kothi, and Shoaibullah Khan Road in Chappal Bazar,” Niranjan said.
It was the Congress government that installed the statue of Swami Ramananda Tirtha who
fought for the merger of Hyderabad state into the Union Union, in front of the Assembly.
“We demand that Amit Shah disclose a single name of a BJP leader who fought against the Nizam rule and contributed for the merger of Hyderabad state into the Indian Union,” Niranjan demanded
The Congress leaders fought for the merger of Hyderabad into the Indian Union and against the Nizam rule under the banner of Grandhalaya movement, Andhra Mahasabha, Arya Samaj and Hyderabad State Congress. It seems that Amit Shah is not aware of the fact that Hyderabad State Congress was banned by the Nizam in 1948.
The Congress leaders had set up camps in Hyderabad border areas such as Maharashtra and Andhra to save Hyderabad residents from the attacks of Razakars. “it is the Congress government that recognized the freedom fighters who fought against the Nizam and Razakars in Hyderabad as freedom fighters and granted them a pension and allocated land, on par with the freedom fighters of others parts of the country who fought against the British ruler, he said.
When PV Narsimha Rao was Union Home Minister, a separate section was set up in the Home Ministry to take prompt action on the applications of the Freedom Fighters from erstwhile
Hyderabad estate, he said.
It is the Congress which took initiative to help the families of the martyrs by constituting a committee under the leadership of the former minister and freedom fighter Late T.Hayagrivachari in the state. There was an office of the Telangana Freedom fighters association headed by Late Katam Lakshmi Narayana within the premises of Gandhi Bhavan then and provided all assistance to the freedom fighters.
For the last several decades every year the Congress has been celebrating Hyderabad merger day in Gandhi Bhavan on September 17th and felicitating the available freedom fighters who fought against the Nizam, seeking merger of Hyderabad estate into Indian Union, he added.
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