Amit Shah on India's Mughal history, renaming of cities, 'erasing Nehru-Gandhi legacy' charge

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party does not want to erase India's Mughal past.

In an interview with the news agency ANI on 14 February 2023, Shah said that although his party is not trying to rewrite history, efforts to establish a national identity should not be opposed. He was speaking in reference to the renaming of cities and landmarks in many parts of India.

Responding to the allegation that his party has tried to erase the legacy of leaders belonging to the Nehru-Gandhi family, Shah said that if the charge was in reference to Article 370 of the Indian Constitution, then his party and its ideological parents and partners had opposed the move since the beginning.

He added that the point that Art 370 was bad for the country was proven by the development seen in Jammu and Kashmir since the removal of special status in 2019.

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