After veteran actor Rishi Kapoor reiterated similar sentiments as that of Minister of State for External Affairs Gen (retired) V K Singh who demanded that Akbar Road in the city's power district be renamed after Maharana Pratap, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday took a jibe at the Congress and said that the grand old party supports the right of freedom of speech for anti-nationals but disapproves the viewpoints of others.
BJP leader Sreekant Sharma told ANI that the Congress believes in imposing its ideology and has a weaker threshold when it comes to accepting others opinion.
"May it be V.K. Singh or Rishs Kapoor all have a right to speak their minds as we live in a democratic country and people under democracy have the right to keep an opinion. Congress support freedom of speech for those who talk of dividing the nation. If someone is making a statement the Congress should not get riled up," said Sharma.
"Congress cannot blame the BJP of imposing RSS's ideology on the nation. What did the Congress do in its time they imposed, Indira Ji's and Rajiv Ji's ideology on the nation, it was under the UPA regime that freedom fighter like Bhagat Singh were defamed. It cannot stop people from expressing their opinions," he added.
VK Singh's proposal to change the name of Akbar Road in Delhi to Maharana Pratap Road has stirred a hornet's nest, as following his demand in a series of tweets, Kapoor snapped at the political system of India and the Gandhi family and questioned the naming of roadways, airports and railway stations after the Gandhi family members.
Kapoor took to the Micro blogging site twitter to express his anguish
"Change Gandhi family assets named by Congress.Bandra/Worli Sea Link to Lata Mangeshkar or JRD Tata link road. Baap ka maal samjh rakha tha ?" Kapoor tweeted.
If roads in Delhi can be changed why not Congress assets/property ke naam? Was in Chandigarh wahan bhi Rajeev Gandhi assets? Socho? Why? he added.
We must name important assets of the country who have contributed to society. Har cheez Gandhi ke naam? I don't agree. Sochna log! he said.
