Maharashtra Leader of opposition and Congress leader Vijay Wadettiwar said that the Bharatiya Janata Party does not have a name in history to tell the world. This comes as G20 leaders, including US President Joe Biden, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, and UN Secretary-General António Guterres, paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi at his memorial Rajghat in Delhi on Sunday. Wadettiwar said, ”We are very proud that the G 20 team visited Bapu's Samadhi”.
He also said that the history is of Congress. Mahatma Gandhi gave freedom, BR Ambedkar drafted the Constitution and one cannot understand the history of India without them.
"Baba (Babasaheb Ambedkar) drafted the Constitution and Bapu ( Mahatma Gandhi) gave freedom to this country...One cannot keep these two aside and write and understand India's history. The whole world knows this. We are very proud that the G 20 team visited Bapu's Samadhi... The BJP does not have a name in history to tell the world...The history is of Congress, Gandhi, Ambedkar and Nehru," Wadettiwar told ANI.
World leaders on Sunday visited Rajghat to pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on the second day of the G20 Summit. Prime Minister Narendra Modi received world leaders as they arrived to participate in a wreath-laying ceremony at Mahatma Gandhi's memorial. Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed world leaders with a gift of khadi as they arrived at Rajghat one by one. Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visited Rajghat to pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi.
The leaders who visited Raj Ghat included: Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Oman Deputy Prime Minister Asaad bin Tariq bin Taimur Al Said, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres among others.