"He (Rahul Gandhi) is exactly playing the role of Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Rahul Gandhi is the new avatar of Muhammad Ali Jinnah," Dr Numal Momin told ANI.
Amid a row over NCERT's new module on Partition Horrors Remembrance Day, Director (Research and Administration) of the Indian Council of Historical Research, Dr Om Jee Upadhyay, said that the new generation should know the truth.
"The partition that happened, and the horror it ensued, was completely true. There is a lot of discussion about the way we got independence on the 15th (August), but not about the horror that happened during the partition," BJP leader Syed Shahnawaz Hussain said.