Rahul Gandhi: BJP’s revamping of the Jallianwala Bagh memorial an ‘insult to martyrs’

News Desk: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the saffron’s revamping of the Jallianwala Bagh memorial. Calling it an ‘insult to martyrs’, he said that only a person who does not know the meaning of martyrdom can inflict such an insult.

Taking it to Twitter, he said “Only a person who does not know the meaning of martyrdom can inflict such an insult on the martyrs of Jallianwala Bagh. I am the son of a martyr – I will not tolerate the insult of martyrs at any cost. We are against this indecent cruelty”

In another tweet, he said “Those who didn’t struggle for freedom will not understand those who did”

PM Modi dedicated to the nation the renovated complex of Jallianwala Bagh memorial

On Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation the renovated complex of Jallianwala Bagh memorial.

During the event, he also digitally inaugurated the museum galleries at the memorial.

As part of the inaugural event, a wreath-laying ceremony was also held and two-minute silence was observed in the memory of those killed in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.

A sound and light show was held to depict the events of the day of the massacre.