BJP's prime ministerial candidate and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday made a goof-up while slamming the Congress party for not bringing back the ashes of freedom fighter Shyamaji Krishna Varma from Switzerland.
Instead of naming Shyamaji Krishna Varma, he referred to Shyama Prasad Mookherjee, who founded the Jan Sangh which later became the BJP.
Modi said, "Who is playing with India's history? Shyama Prasad Mookerjee was a revolutionist. He died in 1930 in London. His last wish was that his ashes should be brought to India after Independence."
"Jawaharlal Nehru should have sent an emissary to bring the ashes back. Congress government didn't get them back till 2003. It was I who got the ashes back to India in 2003," added Modi.
However, he later apologised for the blunder. Shyama Prasad Mookherjee died on 23rd June 1953.
Modi gave this statement at an inauguration event of a multi-speciality hospital run by Muslims in Kheda, Gujarat.
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