– Dr. Dilip Agnihotri
National consensus should be visible on the subjects of national pride, otherwise anti-national elements get an opportunity to give unnecessary reaction. Even at the inauguration of the new Parliament House, the opposition leaders showed a similar mindset. The old Parliament House was built by the British rule. The new parliament is a symbol of self-reliant India, but the opposition gave importance to its politics. He boycotted the ceremony of national pride. Not only this, Rahul Gandhi went to America and criticized the new Parliament House. He said that the government did this to divert attention from the problems. Thus the opposition also boycotted the artefacts of India’s glorious past manufactured here. This boosted the morale of countries like Pakistan. He condemned the graffiti of Akhand Bharat made here. Considering this as India’s expansionist mindset, they are getting worried about the future.
Pakistani Foreign Ministry said that the claim of united India is a show of India’s expansionist mindset which wants to suppress the ideology and culture of their neighboring countries, religious minorities. Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch has urged India to shun expansionist ideology and settle disputes with its neighboring countries through peaceful means. Expressing his concern about this, former PM of Nepal Baburam Bhattarai has sought clarification from India. Former PM of Nepal KP Sharma Oli has also called it unfair in a worried tone. While this graffiti has no meaning with the present scenario. This is India’s past. Every country has the right to remember its glorious past, to include it in artefacts. This is what India has done. At present it respects the independence and sovereignty of all countries.
Pakistan called India expansionist but it is the same Pakistan to whom India returned the land lost in the war under the Tashkent and Shimla agreements. Pakistan was born. When the nations that were born reflect on their past, then they will begin to see the truth. Two former Prime Ministers of Nepal and leaders of the opposition have criticized the Akhand Bharat artwork. They should not be given importance in the same way as the statements of opposition leaders of India are not given any importance in foreign countries. The current Prime Minister of Nepal Prachanda had come on a visit to India at this time. He did not give a statement on the artwork of Akhand Bharat. Said that his visit has strengthened friendship, mutual understanding and partnership between India and Nepal. A map of India in ancient times has been depicted in the mural art of Akhand Bharat installed in the new Parliament House of India. Present-day Pakistan, Nepal, Afghanistan, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Bangladesh are shown in this map of unbroken India. Earlier it was a part of India.
Today’s Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tibet, Bhutan, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka come in unbroken India. In ancient times, the present day Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, South Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia etc. were included in the empire of India. Between 1857 and 1947, there were many sections of India. Present-day Indonesia is east of Kailash Mansarovar. In the west, the Iran region is at the end of the Himalayas. From Sri Lanka or Kanyakumari to the east and west, the Indian Ocean extends up to Indonesia and Iran only. Only after this the name of the ocean changes on both sides. The entire land area between the Himalayas, the Indian Ocean, Aryan Iran and Indonesia was called Aryavarta or Bharatavarsha.
The Indian Ministry of External Affairs has stated that it depicts a map of India during the reign of Emperor Ashoka. India has also clarified that the issue did not even figure in the meeting between the Prime Ministers of India and Nepal a day earlier. This artwork tells about people based governance system. This information is also written near the mural. At the annual session of the Hindu Mahasabha in Ahmedabad in 1937, Indian activist and Hindu Mahasabha leader Vinayak Damodar Savarkar propounded the notion of a united India that should remain one and indivisible from Kashmir to Rameshwaram, from Sindh to Assam. He had said that all citizens who owe undivided loyalty and allegiance to the Indian nation and the Indian state would be treated with complete equality. shall share the duties and responsibilities equally irrespective of caste, creed or religion, and shall also have representation either on the basis of one person one vote or in proportion to the population in the case of separate electorates and public services shall be on the basis of merit alone . Kanhaiyalal Manik Lal Munshi had expressed his support for a united India during the colonial period. Mahatma Gandhi also agreed with this proposal. He said that Britain wanted to maintain its empire by adopting the policy of divide and rule. It is necessary to thwart his efforts on the strength of unity.
The original constitution featured pictures at the beginning of each chapter. In the beginning there is a picture of Ashoka’s lap. His empire was depicted in Akhand Bharat artwork. The Preamble of the Constitution is surrounded by a golden border, in which pictures of the horse, lion, elephant and bull of Mohenjo Daro are made. There is also a picture of the lotus, the symbol of Indian culture. The next part has the seal of Mohenjo Daro. After this there is a glimpse of the Vedic period. It has Guru, disciple and Yagyasala sitting in Rishi Ashram. Tretayuga is at the beginning of the fundamental rights part. In this Lord Rama is bringing back Sitaji from Lanka after defeating Ravana. Rama is sitting in front with bow and arrow and behind him are Lakshmana and Hanuman. At the beginning of the policy director, there is a picture of Lord Krishna preaching the Gita. The fifth part of the Bhartiya Sangha has a scene related to the life journey of Gautam Buddha. Union and its territory In one, Lord Mahavira is shown in the posture of Samadhi. In the eighth part, there is an artwork related to the Gupta period. In the tenth part, the seal of Gupta period Nalanda University has been shown. The idol of Nataraja is made in the twelfth part. Mahabalipuram temple is in the thirteenth part. There are pictures of other gods and goddesses along with Sheshnag. The Bhagirathi penance and the descent of the Ganges are also depicted in this picture. When these pictures were installed in the original constitution, then how can it be inappropriate to decorate the artifacts of united India in the new parliament.
(The author is a freelance commentator.)
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