India or Bharat?

Renaming Controversy explained...

The phrase "Bharat" was also used in a G20 pamphlet titled "Bharat, The Mother of Democracy" and intended for international delegates. India's official name is “Bharat”. It is mentioned in the Constitution and in talks from 1946 to 1948, the brochure claims.

As the nation gets ready to meet US President Joe Biden, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, and other prominent world leaders, this represents a significant change in terminology on the international stage.

Sambit Patra, a spokesman for the BJP, published a document about the PM's trip to Indonesia yesterday night that referred to him as the "Prime Minister of Bharat."

According to sources, during the five-day special session of parliament that begins on September 18, the government may propose a resolution to change the nation's name later this month. The rumors have only grown as a result of the government's failure to release an agenda for the extraordinary session. 

The Opposition harshly criticized the decision. The Narendra Modi administration was charged with "distorting history and dividing India," according to the opposition INDIA bloc members. Senior members of the alliance will meet with Congress Chief Mallikarjun Kharge to discuss this issue.

They connected the government action to the establishment of their partnership. If the opposition alliance chooses the name "Bharat," AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal questioned whether the ruling party will change the name of the nation to "BJP."

No one has the authority to change the name of the country, according to Sharad Pawar, head of the Nationalist Congress Party. I don't understand why the ruling party is agitated over a word (the INDIA bloc)," the NCP leader said. 

Leaders of the BJP, on the other hand, praised the "Bharat" nomenclature and accused the opposition as being anti-national and anti-constitutional. They claimed that the word "Bharat" appears in the Constitution's Article 1 as well, which states: "India, that is Bharat, shall be a Union of States."

The use of the word "Bharat," according to Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, is a strong protest against the colonial way of thinking. "Earlier occurrence of this was necessary. I'm very happy about it. Our name, "Bharat," is what we use to introduce ourselves. The President has made "Bharat" his top priority.

10).Just two days prior, the ideological mentor of the BJP, the head of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), proposed that the nation abandon India and adopt the name Bharat instead."We need to start referring to Bharat instead of India. No matter where you are in the world, the name of the nation will always be Bharat. Bharat must be used both orally and in writing, according to Mohan Bhagwat, the leader of the RSS.