The debate of New Father of India has once again started as Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday referred to Amruta Fadnavis' 'Father of the Nation of New India' remark to take a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Nitish Kumar speaking about the New Father of India took a Jib of Narendra Modi. He said, "What have they done for independence? The RSS had no contribution in the fight for freedom. My father took part in the independence struggle. And even though I was born after the colonial rule ended, but we got to understand everything. "
He further said, "Can we ever forget the contribution by Mahatma Gandhi?" He said, "New father of new nation - but what have you done for the nation? Has anything significant be done? How has India progressed? The only thing that has happened is that new technology has been developed." Further alleging that, "media no longer has freedom".
#WATCH | They had nothing to do with the fight for Independence. RSS didn't have any contribution towards the fight for Independence...we read about the remark of 'New father of nation'...what has the 'new father' of 'new India' done for nation?: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar
— ANI (@ANI) January 1, 2023
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It all started with Amruta Fadnavis, wife of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’s statement on December 21, had called PM Modi, the 'Father of the Nation' of 'New India'. Amruta Fadnavis had said, "India has two fathers of the nation. One belonged to the India of yore and the other is for a new India. I believe that Mahatma Gandhi is the 'Father of the Nation' of India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the 'Father of the Nation' of new India."
Earlier Sanjay Raut asked the BJP if they agreed with the comment. He wrote, "Today in the new India, ghosts of hunger, poverty, unemployment, terrorism are raising their head. Making Modi the father of new India is an insult to him."
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