Taj Mahal is considered to be among the 7 wonders of the world & attracts loads of tourists everyday; not only normal people, but even big celebs visit it, thanks to impeccable beauty.
However, a new controversy has stirred surrounding it & people are upset. Well, the beautiful monument Taj Mahal has not found place in the new tourism booklet that was released by UP government.
In order to celebrate 6 months of Yogi Adityanath’s rule in UP, Tourism Minister Ritu Bahuguna released a booklet but unfortunately, Taj Mahal was missing in it. This brochure lists down important places of attraction, so how come Taj Mahal was undermined?
Well, it contains names of temples from Ayodya, Mathura & Gorakhpur but misses out on an important destination. Yogi Adityanath was criticized recently for slamming the custom of gifting to Taj Mahal to foreign dignitaries. According to him, it doesn’t reflect Indian culture.
After seeing the booklet, here’s how people reacted on Twitter;
BJP fails!
If Govrns in India thinks tat #Tajmahal is a symbol of Islam but not Love, it proves how illiterate they r abt their own history. #BJPfails
— Feroz Khan 🔭 (@_Ferozkhan_) October 3, 2017
People will not forget!
Does anyone believe people will forget the @TajMahal exists just because @UPGovt decides to leave it out of a tourism promotion brochure?
— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) October 2, 2017
RIP!
RIP to those who Vote for #BJP now #TajMahal
ippa ena sola poringa Kaavis??? 😠😠😠— Rajasekar Russalayan (@iamrajesh_pov) October 3, 2017
What is this UP government?
UP Govt didn't have time to throw out corrupt doctors/officers for betterment of UP. Bt had time to throw out Tajmahal from tourism booklet👏
— Sheetal Mishra 🌼 (@itssitu) October 3, 2017
Sickular!
@RatanSharda55 taj mahal is well known and does not require more promotion. Good idea to promote other places. sickular media is perverse
— Amit kumar (@amitkumar1968) October 3, 2017
Did your ego just hurt?
@myogiadityanath did your ego stop you from including #TajMahal as Tourist Destination? If mughals were nt there India wouldn't hav existed pic.twitter.com/lU2Gafyu5T
— ᴹᵒʰᵃᵐᵉᵈ ᴹᵘᵏᵗʰᵃʳ 🇵🇸 🇾🇪 (@MMukthar7) October 3, 2017
Proves illiteracy!
By removing #TajMahal from state's tourism list only proves illiteracy. The monument is an important source of income to UP tourism
— Disha Ahluwalia (@ahluwaliadisha) October 3, 2017
UP Government’s response!
After receiving backlash, UP government came forward to give justification. Tourism Minister Rita Bahuguna Joshi said that Taj Mahal is their priority and they are committed to developing the same.
On the other hand, another minister Sidharth Nath Singh said that there has been some miscommunication regarding Taj Mahal. He said, “We are even thinking of construct an international airport at Agra for the convenience of passengers.”
Talking about the exclusion from the list, Director General of Tourism Dept Avanish Awasthi said that only few projects of the state were included. The whole list of projects is yet to be
What is your opinion on this?