India-Bharat name row: He said that first the Persians and then the Greeks’ inability to say the word eventually led to the word India. He also said that the term Bharat does not refer to the entire country but a specific region in the Northern part of the country.
The dinner invites for world leaders during the upcoming G20 Summit in New Delhi have been sent out in the name of the ‘President of Bharat’ instead of the customary ‘President of India’.
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has accused the BJP of following of Pakistan s founder, Muhammad Ali Jinnah s wishes by considering a change in India s official name to Bharat . Tharoor previously commented on BJP following Jinnah s views during the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
Strong rumours of the special session of Parliament being held for the name change started doing the rounds on social media platforms soon after the invite came out