Amid a major uproar against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his 'India not a nation but Union of States' remark, Indian Civil Service officer Siddartha Verma on Tuesday posted a video on Twitter showing how he countered Rahul Gandhi's theory at Cambridge University.
In the video, the officer questions Rahul Gandhi's renarks and says: "Don’t you think your idea of India is not only flawed and incorrect but also destructive because it attempts to whitewash the history of a thousand years?" Rahul Gandhi, however, is seen disagreeing with the officer's viewpoint.
This conversation took place at an event titled 'India at 75' at Corpus Christi College at the prestigious Cambridge University on Monday.
The video Siddhartha shared has now gone viral drawing different reactions from various people. Siddhartha who is an Indian Railway Traffic Service Officer and a Commonwealth Scholar in public Police at Cambridge University shared the video in a tweet .He wrote, "Yesterday, in Cambridge, I questioned Mr Rahul Gandhi on his statement that "India is not a nation but a Union of States". He asserted that India is not a nation but the result of negotiation between states. (His complete response will be shared once uploaded by organisers)."
Yesterday, in Cambridge, I questioned Mr. Rahul Gandhi on his statement that "India is not a nation but a Union of States". He asserted that India is not a nation but the result of negotiation between states. (His complete response will be shared once uploaded by organisers) pic.twitter.com/q5KluwenMf
— Siddhartha Verma (@Sid_IRTS) May 24, 2022Advertisement
In the video he could be heard saying, "You quoted Article 1 of the Constitution saying India that is Bharat is a union of states as per the constitution. If you turn a page back and look at the preamble, it does mention that India is a nation. Bharat itself is one of the oldest surviving civilisations of the world and the term finds its origin in the vedas and we have a very old civilisation. Even when Chanakya interacted with students in Taxila, he made it clear to them that they might belong to different janapadas but ultimately they belong to the nation that is Bharat."
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In the Video Gandhi could be heard saying, “Did he use the word nation?” to which the officer replied he used the word ‘Rashtra’ . Rahul further said, “Rashtra is Kingdom”, "No, Rashtra is the Sanskrit of nation," said the officer. Rahul Gandhi further said, "The word nation is a western concept." This whole conversation drew twitterati to criticise Congress leader.
However, the whole conversation is not yet out in public, just an excerpt of the event is going viral.
