INDIA alliance asks why just Bharat, why now?

The Congress on Tuesday attacked the government over a G20 dinner invitation referring to President Droupadi Murmu as ldquoPresident of Bharatrdquo accusing the government of being ldquoscaredrdquo of the INDIA bloc and indulging in distraction from issues such as price rise and ldquorising joblessnessrdquoUnion Minister Dharmendra Pradhan shared on X a G20 dinner invitation from President Murmu which described her position as ldquoPresident of Bharatrdquo ldquoSo the news is indeed true Rashtrapati Bhawan has sent out an invite for a G20 dinner on Sept 9th in the name of lsquoPresident of Bharatrsquo instead of the usual lsquoPresident of Indiarsquordquo Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said in a post on XldquoNow Article 1 in the Constitution can read Bharat that was India shall be a Union of States But now even this Union of States is under assaultrdquo Ramesh alleged The G20 Summit is being held in the national capital from September 9 to 10 under Indiarsquos presidency and several heads of state from across the world including US President Joe Biden are attending the eventAlso read Supreme Court verdict reserved on pleas challenging abrogation of Article 370In another post Ramesh alleged ldquoMr Narendra Modi can continue to distort history and divide India that is Bharat that is a Union of States But we will not be deterredrdquo ldquoAfter all what is the objective of INDIA parties It is BHARAT Bring Harmony Amity Reconciliation And Trust Judega BHARAT Jeetega INDIArdquo said Ramesh whose party is a constituent of the opposition Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance INDIAlsquoNo one has the righthelliprsquoNationalist Congress Party NCP president Sharad Pawar on Tuesday said no one has the right to change the countryrsquos name ldquoI donrsquot understand why the ruling party is perturbed over a name related to the countryrdquo the NCP chief told reporters in Jalgaon districtPawar said Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has called a meeting of all party heads of the INDIA alliance on Wednesday ldquoThere will be deliberation on this in the meeting but no one has the right to change the name of the country No one can change the namerdquo the NCP chief saidlsquoWhat happened suddenlyrsquoAsserting that itrsquos well known that India is Bharat West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday questioned the need to ldquosuddenly use only Bharatrdquo while referring to India in official communiqueldquoI heard that Indiarsquos name is being changed The G20 invite that went out in the name of the honourable president has Bharat written on it In English we say India and the lsquoIndian Constitution in Hindi we say lsquoBharat ka Samvidhanrsquo We all say lsquoBharatrsquo what is new in thisldquoTherersquos nothing new to be done The world knows us as India What happened suddenly that the name of the country needs to be changedrdquo she asked addressing a function on Teacherrsquos day in Kolkata ldquoHistory is being rewritten in the countryrdquo she allegedlsquoWe got only name changersquoDMK President and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Tuesday the saffron party was rattled by the term lsquoINDIArsquo the name of the opposition blocldquoAfter nonBJP forces united to dethrone the fascist BJP regime and aptly named their alliance INDIA now the BJP wants to change lsquoIndiarsquo for lsquoBharatrsquo BJP promised to TRANSFORM India but all we got is a name change after 9 yearsrdquo he said in a post on microblogging site XldquoSeems like the BJP is rattled by a single term called India because they recognise the strength of unity within the opposition During the elections lsquoIndiarsquo will chase BJP out of power IndiaStaysIndiardquo he saidBJP lauds lsquoPresident of Bharatrsquo referenceThe BJP on Tuesday reacted with delight to a G20 dinner invitation which described Droupadi Murmu as ldquoPresident of Bharatrdquo saying the use of the Hindi name for the country underscores its ldquocivilisation marchrdquo and rejected the oppositionrsquos objections to it Union ministers Dharmendra Pradhan and Giriraj Singh later posted on X pictures of their invitesSharing a picture of his invitation Pradhan used the hashtag lsquoPresidentOfBharatrsquo and said ldquoJana Gana Mana Adhinayak Jaya He Bharat Bhagya Vidhatardquo Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said ldquoRepublic of Bharat happy and proud that our civilisation is marching ahead boldly towards Amrit KaalrdquoLetrsquos forget the word lsquoINDIArsquo says VHPThe Vishva Hindu Parishad on Tuesday hailed the use of the word Bharatrsquo in President Droupadi Murmursquos G20 dinner invitationVHP national spokesperson Vinod Bansal said in a post on Xrsquo ldquoWe are proud of our President of BharatrdquoldquoLetrsquos forget the word INDIArdquo Bansal addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness 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