"The BJP should explain whether they approve Dronacharya's act of getting the thumb of an adivasi and tribal Eklavya cut?" - Ashutosh
AAP attacked BJP over the renaming of Gurgaon, calling the party "anti-Dalit" and questioned whether it approved Guru Dronacharya's act of asking "Dalit and Advivasi" pupil Eklavya's thumb. AAP leader Ashutosh said while renaming the corporate hub to honour Dronacharya, BJP does not remember Eklavya.
"BJP by its nature is anti-Dalit. This is why to honour Dronacharya, they have changed the name of Gurgaon to Gurugram. But it does not remember Eklavya. "The BJP should explain whether they approve Dronacharya's act of getting the thumb of an adivasi and tribal Eklavya cut?" Ashutosh tweeted.
The BJP government in Haryana renamed Gurgaon as Gurugram, claiming that people of the area have been making a demand in this regard. Legend has it that Gurgaon derived its name from the name of Guru Dronacharya, the master of archery in Mahabharata who tutored the Pandavas.
The village was given as gurudakshina to him by his students -- the Pandavas -- and hence it came to be known as Guru-gram, which in course of time is said to have got distorted to Gurgaon.
In Mahabhrata, Dronacharya had asked Eklayvya, an ace tribal archer, for his thumb as gurudakshina.
CPI(M) slams renaming
Objecting to renaming of Gurgaon and Mewat in Haryana, CPI(M) alleged that the BJP government's move is motivated by narrow considerations and is absolutely unacceptable.
Gurgaon being named as Gurugram is absolutely unacceptable, Haryana CPI(M) secretary Surender Singh said here and added that similar attempts were made earlier also but had to be dropped for logically justified reasons.
Dronacharya, from whom the name of the city is drawn, "as a guru is believed to be a symbol of denial of education to dalits and associated with heinous and outrageous episode related to chopping off Eklavya's thumb in the Mahabharata epic", he said.
The CPI(M) also decried that the Khattar government had taken the "repugnant step" ahead of April 14, which marks the 125th birth anniversary of Dr B R Ambedkar who fought against untouchability and caste-based discrimination.
Similarly, the change of Mewat district's name to Nuh is motivated by narrow communal consideration as Mewat has a distinct historical and cultural identity in itself, Singh alleged.
The party appealed to all "democratic and social justice loving organisations and individuals" to raise their voice against decisions taken by Haryana Cabinet and force it to retain the original names as Gurgaon and Mewat.
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