Political comments

It refers to Dalai Lama making surprise revelations about role of Nehru and Gandhi on partition of pre-independence India. Dalai Lama was at time of independence of India was a little child, that too, far away in Tibet,

never knowing that one day he will be taking shelter in India and will become an international figure to comment on such issues. His comments, though may be near truth, seem to be opportunist because he did not disclose it during long regime of Congress in India. Politics apart, Indian government should query Dalai Lama about source of his knowledge, and advise him to restrain himself about making such comments because he still remains a refugee in India and must not make political comments. However, it is a common knowledge that both Gandhi and Nehru were amongst those responsible for partition of the country in interest of Nehru. Real fact is that election of deserving Sardar Patel as first Prime Minister of India was vetoed despite Nehru not getting a single vote by the authorised committee for the purpose. Almost all members of electing body voted in favour of Sardar Patel except one who voted for Acharya Kriplani, as per reports on social media. However, it remains a big surprise why the present BJP government continues political worship of Gandhi rather than replacing his monopolised photos on currency notes by those of great freedomfighters like Lala Lajpat Rai, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, Bhagatsingh, Sukhdev, Rajguru, Udham Singh, Ashfulla khan etc. — Subhash Chandra Agrawal