That Sengol was relegated to a museum corner as a “walking stick” of Nehru simply means that it was an intentional destruction of evidence to erase the historic event from national memory
Vummidi Ethiraju belongs to an age-old jeweler family in Tamil Nadu, and made the ‘Sengol’ sceptre along with his brother 75 years ago, which is now installed in the new Parliament building.
While the BJP talked about the historic importance of the Sengol scepter, the Congress refuted many claims, saying that the history of the Sengol has been twisted.
Sengol will be installed in the new Parliament building by PM Narendra Modi on 28 May. This historic sceptre has become a bone of contention between the ruling BJP and the Opposition party Congress, which are sparring over its use at the time of Independence