By renaming India as Bharat, BJP is following Jinnah once again after CAA: Shashi Tharoor

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday slammed the BJP government over the possible name change of the country from India to Bharat by saying that the BJP is supporting Jinnah, Pakistan's founding father.

Reports have speculated that the Narendra Modi-led government may bring a resolution for changing India's official name to 'Bharat' during the special session of Parliament. This came with official G20 dinner invitations from the Indian President that have been sent under the name of 'President of Bharat' instead of the usual 'President of India.'



On social media platform 'X,' Tharoor said "While the subject is live, let’s recall that it was Jinnah who objected to the name ‘India’ since it implied that our country was the successor state to the BritishRaj and Pakistan a seceding state. As with CAA, the BJP govt keeps supporting Jinnah’s view!"

Tharoor commented on this by quoting a news article by 'Scroll' which talks about Jinnah not being in favour of the name 'India.'

This is not the first time that the senior Congress leader has commented on BJP following the footsteps of Jinnah.

Back in 2020, Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said that it would be a victory for Pakistan's founding father Muhammad Ali Jinnah's if CAA was implemented.

"CAA implementation would be the fulfillment of Jinnah's two-nation theory," said Tharoor at the Jaipur Literature Festival.

"I would not say Jinnah has won but he is winning," said Tharoor in 2020.

The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 was notified on December 12, 2019 and came into force on January 10, 2020. It aims to facilitate grant of citizenship to migrants belonging to the Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian communities from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan, who had come to India on or before December 31, 2014.