“It’s time to fix India according to Bharat,” says BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi – Firstpost

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has given befitting replies to the opposition for its criticism over changing the country’s name from India to Bharat.

BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said on Wednesday: “I think this is the right time to correct this (from ‘India’ to ‘Bharat’).

“From Alexander to Timur, from Ghazni to Ghori, from Babur to the British, they tried to destroy the identity of ‘Bharat’,” the BJP leader said.

VIDEO | “From Alexander to Timur, from Ghazni to Ghori, from Babur to the British, they tried to destroy the identity of ‘Bharat’. I think this is the right time to correct it (from ‘India’ to ‘Bharat’ ‘”, the BJP leader said. @naqvimukhtar on the debate over the words “India” and “Bharat” in the Constitution. pic.twitter.com/k4TdpypWxd

– Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) September 6, 2023

A debate erupted between the NDA bloc and INDIA after invitations to a G20 summit dinner held at the Rashtrapati Bhawan read “President of Bharat”, instead of “President of India”.

The government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to present a resolution to change India’s official name to Bharat during the special session of Parliament scheduled for September 18-22.

The BJP has attacked the new opposition bloc INDIA (Indian National Alliance for Inclusive Development) by repeatedly declaring that the name “India” is a relic of a colonial past. The recent action likely constitutes an attack on the opposition bloc.

Leaders of the INDIA bloc also actively participated in the debate on the name ‘Bharat’.

The debate over the language of government bills began in August after Home Minister Amit Shah introduced the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and the Bharatiya Sakshya Bill in the Lok Sabha during the session monsoon to replace the Indian Penal Code (IPC). , the Criminal Procedure Code and the Evidence Act, respectively.