A minute of silence was observed by Lok Sabha members on Wednesday to honor the independence warriors and remember the 1942 Quit India Movement. On the occasion of the 78th anniversary of the atomic blasts, they also paid tribute to the Japanese victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Hiroshi Suzuki, the Japanese ambassador to India, was spotted entering the legislature earlier today.
Nagasaki Day, observed annually on August 9, marks the 78th anniversary. It was the day when the Japanese city of Nagasaki was devastated by an atomic bomb during World War II. This day serves as a reminder of the immense destructive power of nuclear weapons and the need for lasting peace.
In 1945, the US dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on August 6 and Nagasaki on August 9.
The bombs wiped out around 90 per cent of the cities and killed around over 3 lakh people in Hiroshima and Nagasaki collectively. The toll included those who died as a result of radiation exposure. Japan surrendered a few days after the second attack, thereby ending World War II.
Quit India Movement, also known as the “Bharat Chodo Andolan”, was launched by Mahatma Gandhi on August 9, 1942.
Meanwhile, to mark the anniversary of the Quit India Movement, the BJP MPs held a demonstration on Wednesday morning on the Parliament premises.
They raised slogans and held posters with the messages- ‘Corruption Quit India, Dynasty Quit India. and Appeasement Quit India’BJP leaders like Nishikant Dubey and Ravi Shankar Prasad today hit out at the Congress alleging the party of corruption and following dynastic policies.