Congress chief Mani Shankar Aiyar on Wednesday alleged that the “people of the Sangh Parivar” are breaking India into items on the idea of faith, caste and tradition and the Bharat Jodo Yatra is a manifestation in opposition to such makes an attempt.

Aiyar, who has typically courted controversies together with his remarks, focused the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and outfits associated to it whereas talking to reporters on the AICC headquarters through the Congress basis day perform.

The BJP slammed his remarks, saying the one time “India was broken was at the time of Partition” and blamed the Congress for it.

Aiyar mentioned, “On the basis of religion, language, caste and culture, the people of Sangh Parivar have been trying to break India into ‘tukde tukde’ (pieces). The Yatra is being undertaken against this as there is a need for uniting India. We feel it.”

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Aiyar was seated subsequent to former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on the 138th basis day perform on the AICC headquarters.

“I can see that happen. Can’t you see… There is much effort to break it (country)..,” Aiyar mentioned, when requested if India is “fragmented” (toota hua), and added that every one must “fight against it and the Yatra is a manifestation of this.”

Hitting again, BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawala mentioned Rahul Gandhi says that in his Yatra he couldn’t see hatred or violence whereas, he claimed, Mani Shankar Aiyar says “Bharat toota hua hai.”

“Who is correct?” he requested.

He mentioned the Congress occasion which itself is damaged is now making an attempt as soon as once more to undermine the contribution of Sardar Patel by saying via Mani Shankar Aiyar that ‘India is damaged.’

“Bharat toota hua hai. Meaning, Sardar Patel could not unite India or it is broken and Rahul Gandhi will unite Bharat. Rahul Gandhi’s own party is broken from Rajasthan to Delhi to Goa, to Karnataka to Telangana.

“Rahul Gandhi should repair his personal occasion and unite his personal occasion earlier than he speaks and talks about uniting India, which apparently is damaged in his views,” the BJP leader said.

“The solely time India was damaged was on the time of Partition – because of the Congress Party and to these politicians who put their very own pursuits above nationwide curiosity.

“Therefore, Mani Shankar Aiyar, you must explain – Is Sardar Patel and his contribution being undermined by you and the Congress Party,” he alleged.

Poonawala additionally mentioned that again and again, the Congress Party has undermined Sardar Patel’s contribution to uniting India.

“Today, this is not ‘Bharat Jodo’. This is actually a Yatra of Bharat todo, nafrat jodo’ (break India and spread hatred) by the kind of elements they have taken together right from George Ponniah to Medha Patkar to many others,” he mentioned.

The BJP has typically accused the Congress of siding with the “tukde tukde gang,” a time period it has used for these it alleges wish to break up the nation.

Veteran Congress chief and former union minister Aiyar’s remarks have stirred controversies earlier too. Aiyar had in January 2014 made the well-known “chaiwallah” comment in opposition to then BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, asking him to open a tea stall exterior the Talkatora stadium the place the Congress assembly was being held on the time.

He later made the “neech aadmi” comment in opposition to Modi in 2017, forward of the essential Uttar Pradesh elections which the BJP received.

The BJP then encashed on Aiyar’s controversial comment to realize public sympathy.