Naming of islands – uttamhindu.com

Netaji Subhash Chandra In his address after Prime Minister Narendra Modi named the 21 largest islands of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands after Param Vir Chakra winners on Bose’s birthday on January 23, the Prime Minister also alleged that after independence the country’s independence movement An attempt was made to forget such a great hero. Mentioning several other steps including setting up of Netaji’s statue at Delhi’s India Gate, hoisting the tricolor at the Red Fort on the occasion of completion of 75 years of the formation of the Azad Hind government, making public the files related to his life, in Netaji’s memory, he Said, ‘The Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose who was tried to be forgotten after independence, today the country is remembering him every moment.’ Participating in the event through video conference, the Prime Minister also inaugurated the model of the Netaji National Memorial to be built on the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Island.

The Prime Minister said, “The country’s potential was always underestimated due to decades of lack of self-confidence and inferiority complex, especially due to warped, ideological politics in the earlier governments of our country.” He said, ‘Whether it is our Himalayan states, especially the North-Eastern states or the oceanic islands like Andaman and Nicobar, there was a thinking about them that they are remote, inaccessible and irrelevant areas and because of this thinking, such areas have been neglected for decades. Neglected. His development was ignored. The Andaman and Nicobar Islands have also been witness to this. Citing the examples of Singapore, Maldives and Seychelles, the Prime Minister said that due to proper utilization of their resources, these countries and island territories have become tourist attractions and today people from all over the world visit these countries for tourism. He said that the islands of India also have similar potential which can give a lot to the world. He said, ‘But never before was attention paid. The situation was such that the account of how many islands and islets we have here was not even kept in the books. The Prime Minister said that earlier people used to come here to see the natural beauty of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, but today people are also coming here to know and live the history.

He said, ‘The islands here have also been the land of our rich tribal tradition. The feeling of pride in one’s heritage is creating an attraction for this tradition as well. Memorials and other places of inspiration associated with Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose create curiosity among the countrymen to come here. In the coming times, more tourism opportunities will be created here. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has alleged that the purpose of renaming islands in Andaman and Nicobar is only to ‘gain popularity’ as Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose himself named these islands as ‘Shaheed’ and ‘Swaraj’ in 1943. Was. He also accused the Center of scrapping the Planning Commission envisioned by the great freedom fighter. Mamta said, ‘Today only to gain popularity some people are claiming that Andaman martyrs and Swaraj Islands were named by them, these islands were actually named by Bose when he visited the Cellular Jail. Had gone.’

Due to giving priority to party interests in Indian politics, many works done in national interest in the past became victims of politics of indifference and selfishness. National interest was given priority in the policies made or decisions taken by Narendra Modi’s government in the last eight years. Whether it is the work of building memorials in the name of Sardar Patel and Subhash Chandra Bose or now it should be decided to name the islands after the Paramveers who laid down their lives for the country. In all this, priority has been given to national honor and interest.

The opposition’s allegation that all this has been done for popularity is just opposing for the sake of opposing. It can be asked from the opposition why all the above steps were not taken by the governments that were in power before 2014, did they not need popularity. The truth is that these tasks were not on their priority list at all. There are not one but many such occasions in national history and there are many such great men who sacrificed everything for the interest of the country, but they did not get the respect and place they deserved in the history of the country.
The Modi government is taking such steps one after the other, due to which the glorious past of the nation is coming in front of the country and common people feel proud. Naming the islands after Paramveers is also a historic decision, due to which the names of the martyrs have also become immortal and others will also be inspired.

– Irwin Khanna (Chief Editor, Dainik Uttam Hindu)