Air Vice Marshal Manmohan Bahadur, former Additional Director General of The Centre for Air Power Studies, tagged the Prime Minister's Office in a tweet:: “Sir, the eternal flame at #IndiaGate is part of India's psyche. You, I & r generation grew up saluting our brave jawans there. While NationalWarMemorial is great, the memories of #AmarJawanJyoti are indelible. Request rescind decision.”
Sir, the eternal flame at #IndiaGate is part of India's psyche. You, I & r generation grew up saluting our brave jawans there. While NationalWarMemorial is great, the memories of #AmarJawanJyoti are indelible.
Request rescind decision.
RT if u agree
— Manmohan Bahadur (@BahadurManmohan) January 21, 2022
He further wrote, “The Commonwealth Graves Commission maintains graves all over the world for soldiers who died in WW I and WW II — and will continue to do so. It's a pity that OUR ‘Eternal Flame' at the iconic India Gate is being extinguished. A generation grew up with it. Oh! What a sad day!”
The decision, though, also found support among many. Retd General Ashok Mehta told The Indian Express: “The Congress will obviously oppose (the decision) because the Amar Jawan Jyoti came up during their time. But with the War Memorial now in place, it does not make sense to have two separate flames to commemorate soldiers. It is the right choice to merge the flames and have only one place for it. The (BJP) government has taken a political call…
