Vijayendra Prasad’s comments on Gandhi and Nehru spark controversy on twitter

Hyderabad: SS Rajamouli’s father and ace writer Vijayendra Prasad who was nominated for Rajya Sabha by Government of India, landed in a controversy for his statements against Mahatma Gandhi in an old interview, sparking a debate among the historians. In a video that is now going viral on social media, the RRR writer is seen […]

Hyderabad: SS Rajamouli’s father and ace writer Vijayendra Prasad who was nominated for Rajya Sabha by Government of India, landed in a controversy for his statements against Mahatma Gandhi in an old interview, sparking a debate among the historians.

In a video that is now going viral on social media, the RRR writer is seen saying that it was because of Gandhi that Sardar Vallabhai Patel did not become the Prime Minister of India.

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He claimed that Gandhi wanted Jawahar Lal Nehru to be the PM despite many leaders from the Congress party voting for Patel. He went on to say that if Patel had been the PM of Independent India, the fate of Jammu & Kashmir would have been different now.

“There were 17 PCC’s (Pradesh Congress Committee) back then and the British while leaving India asked Gandhi to choose the PM. Gandhi asked those 17 PCCs to write the name of the person whom they want to operate in the PM capacity. 15 out of 17 PCCs have mentioned the name of Sardar Vallabhai Patel. Only one mentioned Nehru’s name and the other was blank. Despite these results, Gandhi chose Nehru as PM because of his alignment. This has resulted in the Kashmir debacle which we are enduring till now,” he said, while explaining the reason why Gandhi’s picture is opted out in the ‘Ethara Janda’ song (RRR).

Writer of RRR and filmmaker Rajamouli’s father Vijayendra Prasad, talks about Gandhi, Patel and Nehru. Can anybody deny this piece of history? pic.twitter.com/PRy7WEOUJq

— Abhijit Majumder (@abhijitmajumder) July 7, 2022

Many netizens disagreed with his statements and even schooled him by providing documented evidence that Patel never wanted to be the PM of India. Some even trolled Prasad and said that he’s speaking without knowing the history.

'Sardar Patel would have unified British India' myth started in the mid-1990s by the RW. Reality is different.

Patel was one of the first leaders in Congress to agree to the idea of partition in 1946. Gandhi & Nehru accepted the idea of Partition only by Mid-1947.#Thread https://t.co/YYegKbwJRp

— Advaid അദ്വൈത് (@Advaidism) July 9, 2022

1) The election mentioned was held in 1946, for post of Congress President, not prime minister.
2) Gandhiji probably knew a bit more, than the others, about the Sardar's health ( tuberculosis ), incurable in those days. https://t.co/tuXu9nlQuP

— thakursahab (@65thakursahab) July 8, 2022

Sardar Patel in 1946 himself had said he could not win against Nehru. But Film Industry loves to make movies on WhatsApp forwards. 👇 https://t.co/XXem3dJSJV pic.twitter.com/UTsV7c3VsW

— Sachin Agarwal (@SachinA34217498) July 9, 2022

What absolute bullshit! It was Patel who convinced both Nehru & Azad that partition was the way to go. Clowns be distorting history left, right and centre. https://t.co/cMtxOf66wK

— Pavesh (@Pavesh_JC) July 9, 2022

Start reading actual history and stop propaganda from the entertainers and filmmakers in name of history Gandhi, Nehru and Patel were together and always worked for india 🇮🇳 https://t.co/0Dr4ODTZbe

— Arindam (@Tweeting_Ari) July 9, 2022