The Congress did not allow the joke on Maulana Abul Kalam Azad’s picture in one of its advertisements. (File)
New Delhi :
The Congress on Sunday told a joke after the social media controversy over the absence of the country’s first education minister and freedom fighter Maulana Abul Kalam Azad’s picture in the advertisement related to its convention and said that its responsibility is being fixed and action will also be taken. . The party had given an advertisement in the newspapers regarding its 85th Congress in which Mahatma Gandhi, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Bhimrao Ambedkar, Sarojini Sadhu, Subhash Chandra Bose, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi and PV Narasimha Rao There were pictures of
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Many social media users and leaders objected to the absence of Maulana Azad’s name among the veteran leaders associated with the Congress party and accused the Congress of forgetting Maulana Azad.
After this, Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh said, “There was no picture of Maulana Azad in an advertisement released by the Congress today. This is a forgivable mistake. Its responsibility is being fixed and action will be taken. We sincerely apologise. He will remain a special and inspirational figure for us and the whole of India.
Taking a dig at the party, former Congress leader Das Nabi Azad tweeted, ‘After my departure from the Congress, the party got BJPised. Where is the freedom fighter Maulana Azad in these pictures?
Countering this, Ramesh said, ‘Maulana Abul Kalam Azad never believed like Das Nabi Azad.’
The Congress leader hit back at Azad while sharing a picture of a large picture of Maulana Azad at the venue, “Have you seen pictures of Maulana Azad in Raipur?”
Bahujan Samaj Party MP Danish Ali has questioned about this advertisement that how can the real Maulana Azad of Congress and his contribution be forgotten?
In a tweet, he said, “Rahul Gandhi will be told and acquitted of those ‘RSS-affiliated elements’ in his party who are responsible for such a suicidal step.” How can Congress Maulana Azad and his contribution be forgotten? Even before this, Pranab Mukherjee and Shivraj Patil had given permission to put Savarkar’s portrait in Parliament.
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