BJP Accuses Congress of Using Incorrect India Map on Posters: Full Controversy Explained

BJP Accuses Congress of Using Incorrect India Map on Posters: The controversy stormed reeling Thursday when the Congress exhibited an alleged incorrect representation of the map of India to commemorate the centenary of the 1924 Congress session in Karnataka's Belagavi.

According to a PTI report, the reigning Congress in Karnataka has put posters all across districts to celebrate the event. The Bharatiya Janata Party along with its NDA ally Janata Dal (Secular) has raised a din that this country's map being displayed in posters has a cut at two points out of which were the Gilgit region of the Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir and the Chinese-occupied Aksai Chin, both parts of an integral Jammu and Kashmir.

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The BJP took to X and hit out at Congress, saying,"RaGa's Mohabbat ki Dukaan is always open for China! They would break the nation. They've done it once. They'll do it again.”

The BJP Karnataka unit termed the "incorrect depiction" of the Indian map as a way to appease its "vote bank". “@INCKarnataka, has shown utter disrespect for India’s sovereignty by displaying a distorted map at their Belagavi event, portraying Kashmir as part of Pakistan. All this just to appease their vote bank. This is shameful!” the party posted on ‘X’.

BJP's Vijayapura MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal demanded that the police register a case against the organizers.

“The publication of an incorrect map of India not only constitutes a breach of Geospatial information standards but also violates the law,” Yatnal said in a post on ‘X’.

According to him, under section 74 of the IPC, a wrong map of India can amount to a clear offence. It is also a violation of the National Honour Act.

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“This is the way how the Congress celebrates its historic CWC session by distorting the map of India, not showing PoK as part of Indian territory. Shame on @INCKarnataka.”

“I appeal to the @SPBelagavi to register a case against the organizers for wrongfully depicting the map of India immediately,” he said. The JD(S) in a post on 'X' said, “The Italian Congress has omitted the territory of Kashmir from the map of India drawn in Belgaum under the name ‘Gandhi Bharat’. Distorting and altering the map of India is a serious criminal act, like treason.”

Karnataka deputy CM clarified

Karnataka deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar, who is also the state party chief, stated that if there were any mistakes in the posters, they would be removed.

"Some leaders might have made some mistake, we are removing everything. Don't try to pick a small stone in the curd... We have done according to Indian tradition and values of those days... BJP is there to attack us, they can't digest. There is no medicine for jealousy. Let them do what they want..." he was quoted by PTI as saying.

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