Lucknow, 14 Aug

(HS): While inaugurating a grand exhibition organized in Lucknow on the

occasion of 'Partition Horrors Remembrance Day', Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath

launched a scathing attack on the Congress. He termed the 1947 partition as a

dark chapter of the Congress's appeasement policy and said that this terrible

tragedy caused pain to the country by breaking the unity of Sanatan Bharat. He

said that today the whole country is mourning the partition horror of 14 August

1947. Prime Minister Narendra Modi brought history alive by declaring this day

as Smriti Diwas in 2021.

Chief Minister

Yogi Adityanath on Thursday visited the exhibition organized on the occasion of

'Partition Horrors Memorial Day' at GPO Park and called upon the countrymen to

learn a lesson from history. In the exhibition, the youth were made aware of

the price of appeasement and the pain of that period through digital archive

photos, newspaper clippings, government records and preserved material of

displaced families related to the violence that arose after the Partition.

The Chief Minister

said that the revolutionaries embraced the gallows for freedom, but the

Congress partitioned the country in its greed for power. He alleged that the

campaign to make areas like Lahore, Karachi, Rawalpindi, Multan in West

Pakistan devoid of Hindus, Sikhs and Buddhists was the result of Congress's

policy. 15-20 lakh people lost their lives in this violence and crores were

displaced. CM Yogi said that this was the culmination of atrocities, which was

encouraged by the Congress.

Government will

provide proper rehabilitation to the families affected by the disaster under

CAA: Chief Minister - Yogi also accused the Congress of indifference towards

the displaced. He said that the then government neither built memorials nor

established museums for the people of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain and Christian

communities who left their homes. Their suffering was forgotten. On the

contrary, he praised PM Modi, who gave citizenship and rehabilitation rights to

refugees through CAA. Chief Minister Yogi said that for the first time refugees

in Jammu and Kashmir and other areas got citizenship through CAA. These people

are contributing to the development of India, but the Congress never made

efforts for their rehabilitation. Yogi paid tribute to the victims and said

that we salute their memories. The Chief Minister announced that the Uttar

Pradesh government will give land leases and proper rehabilitation to the

eligible families under CAA. He said that we are committed to protect and

safeguard their interests.

Yogi said that it

is important to connect the youth of the country with history through the

exhibition. It shows glimpses of the tragedy of partition, riots, displacement

and massacre. CM Yogi said that this initiative under the leadership of Prime

Minister Modi is working to heal the wounds of the victim families and is also

making the coming generations aware of the truth. During this, many dignitaries

including Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya, Brajesh Pathak, Cabinet

Minister Swatantra Dev Singh and BJP State President Bhupendra Chaudhary were

present.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi