Prime Minister Narendra Modi had unveiled the emblem on November 8. The Opposition Congress had accused the BJP of selling its ballot image – lotus.

“One is pained that a controversy is created around symbols of our country’s culture and those connected with it’s cultural identity,” mentioned Singh at an occasion.

G20 emblem for 2023 when India will maintain the group’s presidency. (Photo: PIB)

Singh asserted lotus is the nationwide flower and linked with India’s cultural identification.

“On seeing lotus flower (on the logo), some people created a row. They said lotus flower is BJP’s poll symbol. There is a limit of making accusations,” he mentioned, concentrating on the Congress for creating an argument.

Singh was addressing a gathering after unveiling the statue of legendary warrior Prithviraj Chauhan in Haryana’s Jhajjar.

Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and State BJP chief O P Dhankar had been additionally current.

“The truth is that the Government of India, in 1950, had declared lotus as a national flower. And they did so because lotus is a symbol of our cultural identity,” mentioned Singh.

“In 1857, during the country’s first war of independence, those who were taking part in it were carrying bread in one hand and lotus flower in the other. Should we forget this lotus flower? Did prime minister commit a crime (by launching lotus as a logo for G-20)? “A ruckus was created over this. Just because it is any party’s election symbol, should we leave it and cancel the recognition of lotus as India’s national flower,” requested Singh.

India will assume the presidency of the highly effective grouping from the present chair Indonesia on December 1. The G20 or Group of 20 is an intergovernmental discussion board of the world’s main developed and creating economies.

After the Congress criticized the federal government over the flower picture within the G20 emblem, the BJP hit again, saying the lotus was declared the nationwide flower in 1950 by the then Congress authorities and requested why the grand outdated social gathering chooses to “denigrate and undermine” each nationwide image.

Referring to Congress’ election image, Singh mentioned, “If any party’s poll symbol is hand, should the use of this word be stopped. If any party’s poll symbol is a cycle, should we not sit on a bicycle, just because it is a election symbol”.

He mentioned some individuals are such that each one these issues that are linked with India’s cultural identification “they try to avoid them”.

Till the time the BJP-led authorities is in energy, it is not going to permit something to come back in the way in which of our cultural identification “no matter how big a sacrifice we have to make for this,” he mentioned.

Can India, which believes in “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam” (world is one household), survive with out its such identification, he requested.