Gandhi is the “father of New India,” while Narendra Modi is, says Amruta Fadnavis.

Congress spokesperson Yashomati Thakur criticised today’s comment, saying that “those following the BJP and RSS doctrine… trying to assassinate Gandhiji again and again.”
After being questioned over a 2019 tweet in which she referred to Prime Minister Narendra Modi as “the father of our country,” Amruta Fadnavis, the wife of Maharashtra’s deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, termed him “the father of modern India” on Wednesday.
She was quoted by a Marathi news website as saying, “We have two rashtra pita… Narendra Modi is the father of New India and Mahatma Gandhi is the father of the nation of earlier times.”
On Narendra Modi’s birthday in 2019, she wished him a “very happy birthday” and added that he “inspires us to work tirelessly for the benefit of the community.”
Congress spokesperson Yashomati Thakur criticised today’s comment, saying that “those following the BJP and RSS doctrine… trying to assassinate Gandhiji again and again.”
They continue to act in such a way because they are fixated on rewriting history by spreading falsehoods and defaming revered figures like Gandhiji, according to Thakur.
Following a dispute between the BJP and the Shiv Sena group led by chief minister Eknath Shinde and the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi over contentious remarks made by governor BS Koshyari about Chhatrapati Shivaji, there is now a dispute about Amruta Fadnavis’ remark.
Amruta Fadnavis, in answer to a different question at the same gathering (in Nagpur), stated, “I never express my political views. I don’t even care; regular folks don’t bash me for my opinions. Those are NCP or Shiv Sena supporters. They hold no significance for me, and I have no fear of them. I only have mother and mother-in-law-in-law fear.”
“Politics cannot take up all of my time. I therefore don’t want to get involved in politics right now. However, people who dedicate 24 hours a day to politics should be appointed chief ministers “She spoke.
The deputy chief minister, who is also Fadnavis’ husband, previously served as chief minister of Maharashtra before the BJP lost the most recent Assembly election. After the party backed the Shinde-led Sena section in its uprising against former chief minister Uddhav Thackeray, he made his comeback.
After Thackeray resigned, Fadnavis was generally expected to take over as chief minister once more. However, the BJP decided to give Shinde the top position and persuaded its leader to accept the No. 2 position.