‘Nehru did not want Somnath temple to be renovated’, BJP MP’s big allegation

It has been 1000 years since the attack on Somnath temple Jyotirlinga. Let us tell you that Somnath temple was attacked for the first time in 1026. After this, Somnath temple was looted several times and attempts were made to destroy it. However, this temple is still standing firm. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also going to visit Somnath Temple located in Gujarat on 11 January. PM will also participate in the Somnath Swabhiman festival here. Earlier, BJP has targeted India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru regarding Somnath Temple. BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi has made many big claims regarding this.

‘Pandit Nehru hated Somnath the most’

BJP leader Sudhanshu Trivedi said in the In a way, Pandit Nehru surrendered to Liaquat Ali Khan and wrote that nothing like the construction of Somnath temple was happening.

After all, what fear did Pandit Nehru have from Liaquat Ali Khan that he was writing letters to him regarding Somnath Temple. Instead of countering Pakistan’s propaganda or defending India’s civilizational memory, Pandit Nehru chose to appease Pakistan by downplaying Hindu historical symbols and preferred external appeasement rather than internal self-confidence. If this was not the politics of blind appeasement and glorification of the Mughal invaders, then what was it?

‘Nehru did not want the renovation of Somnath temple’

Sudhanshu Trivedi said – “Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru did not want the Somnath Temple to be renovated. It is known to all that Pandit Nehru had written a letter not only to the Cabinet Ministers but also to President Dr. Rajendra Prasad and Vice President Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, questioning the need for the reconstruction of the Somnath Temple and forbidding them to attend the inauguration ceremony. But it is also true that Pandit Nehru had written letters to all the Indian Chief Ministers. Wrote letters to the Prime Minister twice complaining about the construction of Somnath temple and said that it has tarnished the image of India in foreign countries.

Not only this, Pandit Nehru informed India’s Information and Broadcasting Minister R.R. Wrote a letter to Diwakar asking him to reduce the coverage of the consecration ceremony of the Somnath temple, terming the ceremony as pompous and even saying that the ceremony was damaging India’s image in the world. He also wrote that he was not happy attending the President’s function. Why after all?”

‘Pandit Nehru wrote a letter to the Indian embassies’

Sudhanshu Trivedi said – “Pandit Nehru wrote letters to Indian embassies categorically refusing to provide any assistance to the Somnath Trust, including requests for water from the river for the consecration ceremony. In a letter to Indian Ambassador to China KM Panikkar, Pandit Nehru openly admitted that he had “tried to minimize the impact” of the President’s visit to the Somnath temple, which clearly shows that he valued the inauguration of the temple rather than merely remaining neutral. And there was a deliberate attempt to reduce the discussion.

In a letter to the Indian Ambassador to Pakistan, Pandit Nehru formally disapproved the use of the waters of the Indus River for the consecration of the Somnath Temple, communicated through the Foreign Secretary that this request did not approve of him, and ordered that any such request in future should be approved in advance, so as to enable the Indian Government to distance itself from the ceremony and reduce its symbolic importance.”

‘Nehru openly opposed the President’s participation’

Sudhanshu Trivedi said – “Pandit Nehru also wrote to the Secretary-General and the Foreign Secretary of the Ministry of External Affairs and directed that the embassies should be instructed to pay absolutely no attention to the requests coming from the Somnath Trust for the water of the sacred river, which shows his clear uneasiness even with symbolic expressions of Hindu religious activities. He admitted that he had already conveyed his displeasure to both the President and K.M. Munshi.

Pandit Nehru wrote twice to the then Home Minister C. Rajagopalachari openly opposing the President’s participation in the inauguration of the Somnath Temple, saying that he “would have preferred” if the President had not associated with it, which shows that he was actively trying to keep the Head of State away from a major Hindu civilizational event, which he considered politically inconvenient.

Read this also- Indus water was brought from Pakistan in 1951 for the revival of Somnath temple.

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