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The Sengol Saga: Unveiling the Controversy Surrounding its Installation in India's New Parliament Building

The Sengol, a symbolic scepter, staff, or wand that denotes authority and power, has added to the current verbal battle between the governing BJP and the opposition, particularly the Congress, aside from the issue over who should open the new Parliament building.

The term "Sengol" first appeared in the media following "unofficial" reports that Jawaharlal Nehru's "historical and sacred" symbol was hidden away with his other belongings in the Allahabad museum and would be given its rightful place of honor in the new Parliament building on May 28.

It will be positioned next to the Lok Sabha chair after a formal religious ceremony in which religious leaders from all over India will take part. Representatives of the Thiruvavaduthurai Adheenam, which was tasked with preparing the Sengol for the handover of power, are among them.

The Thiruvavaduthurai Aadeenam stated that Sengol's installation in the new Parliament building was a "matter of pride" for Tamil Nadu. The Sengol, which will be presented to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, was given to Nehru by India's last Viceroy Lord Mountbatten in 1947, according to the BJP, according to Thiruvavaduthurai Aadeenam Ambalavana Desika Paramacharya Swami.

What then is the major controversy? 

The giving of the scepter by the mutt's pontiffs was one of many ceremonies that were performed during the change of power in 1947, according to BJP leaders.

According to the report, "Mountbatten asked Nehru how the reigns of India should be handed over, who then consulted Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, who advised doing it the way the Chera, Chola, and Pandya rulers of south India did it centuries before. His suggestion was accepted, and he was assigned the task of organizing everything. When Nehru accepted the Sengol, a special song was also sung as part of the ceremony that was planned before midnight.

There isn't enough evidence, according to skeptics, to support that.

Using the excuse of "lack of documented evidence," senior leader Jairam Ramesh of the Congress dubbed the entire affair "bogus."

"There is no documented evidence whatsoever of [Louis] Mountbatten, Rajaji (C Rajagopalachari) and Nehru describing this specter as a symbol of the transfer of British power to India. All claims to this effect are plain and simple bogus,” tweeted senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh.

Hitting back at the grand old party, Union home minister Amit Shah said, “Why does the Congress party hate Indian traditions and culture so much? A sacred Sengol was given to Pandit Nehru by a holy Saivite Mutt from Tamil Nadu to symbolize India’s freedom but it was banished to a museum as a walking stick.”

The opening ceremony is already engaged in controversy when 21 opposition parties decided to abstain from the prominent event, arguing that President Droupadi Murmu should do the honors instead of Prime Minister Modi since she is the head of the State.

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