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I did not sit on Tagore's chair but Nehru, Rajiv Gandhi did: Shah slams Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
New Delhi, Feb 09: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday rubbished Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury's allegations that he sat on Rabindranath Tagore's chair during his recent visit to Santiniketan in West Bengal.
Referring
to
a
letter
by
Vice-chancellor
of
Shantiniketan,
Shah
clarified
that
there
was
no
violation
by
him
during
his
visit
to
the
place
as
he
didn't
sit
on
the
chair
but
on
a
window.
Speaking
in
the
Lok
Sabha,
Amit
Shah
said
the
charges
levelled
against
him
are
devoid
of
facts.
"I did not sit on Rabindranath Tagore's chair. I want to clarify in the Lok Sabha that I did not intend to hurt any sentiments," said Shah, while showing some pictures of Pranab Mukherjee, Rajiv Gandhi and few other political leaders sitting on the window to sign visitor's book.
Earlier on Monday, while addressing the Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury alleged Amit Shah sat on Tagore's chair at Santiniketan and disrespected the Nobel laureate.
"He isn't aware of the facts. I am keeping the facts on record. The truth is that Jawaharlal Nehru sat on Rabindranath Tagore's chair and former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi had tea on his sofa," Amit Shah said while presenting some photographs as evidence in the House.
Shah
also
took
a
dig
at
Congress
party
for
"misleading"
everyone
as
per
its
culture.
"You
have
unfortunately
been
misinformed,
as
this
is
patently
untrue.
In
the
past,
during
their
official
visits
to
Uttarayan,
a
number
of
dignitaries,
including
the
former
Chancellors,
Pandit
Jawaharlal
Nehru,
Madam
Pratibha
Patil,
Shri
Pranab
Mukherjee,
and
the
Prime
Minister
of
Bangladesh,
Madam
Shiekh
Hasina,
among
others,
have
sat
in
that
makeshift
seat,
which
is
actually
just
the
edge
of
a
window
on
which
cushions
are
placed.
This
fact
has
been
documented
in
photographs,"
the
vice-chancellor
wrote
in
his
letter.
On December 20 last year, Shah visited Vishwa Bharti University at Shantiniketan in the Birbhum district and paid tribute to Rabindranath Tagore.
