Highlights:
- Jallianwala Bagh Renovation
- ‘We are against this heinous cruelty’
- ‘Government insulted martyrs by renewing squid’
The massacre carried out by the British 102 years ago is considered to be a black chapter in history. Criticism is being expressed on social media for trying to give a modern color to the martyr’s place through renovation.
Former Congress president and MP Rahul Gandhi has said that the government has insulted the martyrs by renewing the scandal. Rahul Gandhi has objected to the renewal, saying, “We are against this abhorrent cruelty.”
“Only those who do not understand the meaning of martyrdom can insult Jallianwala Bagh martyrs in such a way,” he said.
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Last Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a new monument in Jallianwala Bagh through video conferencing. Along with mapping and 3D imagery through audio-video technology, art and sculpture have also been installed to showcase these events. Sound and light shows have also been arranged to bring the event to the fore.
The massacre was ordered by British General Dyer on April 13, 1919, when he opened fire on an unarmed crowd in Jallianwala Bagh. ‘This is the corporatization of monuments. Where these monuments end up as modern structures and lose their heritage value ‘, commented historian S Irfan Habib.
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