Why the name ‘Operation Mahadev’? Amit Shah hit back on critics; Invox Shivaji Maharaj | Bharat News
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday defended the naming of “Operation Mahadev”, “dismissed the opposition criticism that the name was” religiously motivated. , Shah’s comment was a day later, when senior Congress leader and former Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan accused the BJP of using religion to name military operations. Chavan accused the ruling party “Nothing except naming military operations based on religion” and accused of trying to polarize the situation in the Hindu vs Muslim struggle “.,Also read ‘Hindu Name’ of military operations: East-Maharashtra CM Chavan Slam BJP; ‘In everything, mixing Hindutva’ accuses the party.A swipe in the Congress -led opposition, which had gone out of the Rajya Sabha before his speech, Shah said, “The Congress party is not here yet.” He continued, “Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj fought for freedom against the Mughals. The war of his army was ‘Har Har Mahadev’. “Shah argued that the phrase is not only religious, but a symbol of resistance and bravery. To pursue his point, the Union Home Minister cited the weeping of the traditional war of the Indian Army regiments: “Prabhu Ram Chandra Ki Jai,” “Jo Bole So Nahl,” “Jat Balwan, Jai Bhagwan,” and “Kali Mata ki Jai.” He asked whether the Congress considered these slogans unacceptable.Under Operation Mahadev, security forces neutralized the terrorists responsible for the attack in Pahalgam on 22 April. India’s counter -counterpart military attacks in Pakistan and Pakistan occupied Kashmir were named “Operation Sindoor”.
