Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president Ok.S. Alagiri on Tuesday mentioned Governor R.N. Ravi mustn’t behave like a propaganda secretary of the BJP and act towards Indian Constitution by making “baseless speeches”.

In a press release, Mr. Alagiri referred to Mr. Ravi’s remarks that historical past of freedom motion have to be centred round individuals, the contributions of many leaders have been ignored and that the leaders who participated within the non-violence motion featured greater than those that participated within the armed wrestle.

“By claiming these, Mr. Ravi has indulged in rewriting of history. Indian history has been recorded by several scholars with proper documents. Governor has been making these political comments without reading those scholarly accounts. This is condemnable,” he mentioned.

Mr. Alagiri mentioned that Vellore revolution, revolutionaries akin to Veerapandiya Kattabomman are being remembered even immediately.

“We cannot expect Governor Ravi to know about it. Several scholars have written several books about the revolt in 1857. They refused to call it ‘Sepoy Mutiny’ and called it the First War of Independence. Only after the revolt of 1857, the rule of East India Company was removed and India was brought under the rule of Queen Victoria. After which the Indian National Congress was founded in 1885 and the British began listening to the Congress about the interests of the Indians,” he mentioned.

Mr. Alagiri added that Mahatma Gandhi started taking part within the freedom motion since 1915 and Congress began functioning as an enormous individuals’s motion.

“In 1920s, non-cooperation movement, burning of foreign goods, Salt Satyagraha in 1929, Civil Disobedience movement in 1940 and Quit India movement in 1942, led to India’s independence in 1947. Non-violence and Sathyagraha protests spearheaded by Mahatma Gandhi helped India get independence from 200 years of British rule. In these struggles, communist leaders and cadres also faced unspeakable horrors,” he mentioned.