Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday remembered ‘Partition Horror Remembrance Day’, saying the day ‘reminds us of the suffering and sacrifices of Indians’.
In tune with the PM, the BJP held peace rallies and programmes across the country to mark the occasion and hit out at the Congress for allowing the Partition. The BJP carried out a silent march led by party president JP Nadda at ‘Jantar Mantar’ in the national Capital to observe ‘Partition Vibhishika Diwas’. In a tweet, the PM said, ‘Today, on ‘Partition Horrors Remembrance Day’, I pay homage to all those who lost their lives during the Partition, and applaud the resilience as well as grit of all those who suffered during that tragic period of our history.’
Last year, Modi declared that August 14 would be remembered as ‘Partition Horrors Remembrance Day’ every year to remind the nation of the sufferings and sacrifices of Indians during the Partition in 1947. Union Home Minister Amit Shah also paid homage to lakhs of people who he said suffered the brunt of the Partition in 1947 on the occasion of ‘Partition Horrors Remembrance Day’.