LUCKNOW, Aug. 14 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said that the 1947 Partition was a dark chapter "born out of appeasement politics of the Congress party" that shattered Sanatan Bharat's unity and inflicted deep wounds on the nation.

He credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi with reviving this forgotten history by declaring August 14 as Partition Horrors Remembrance Day in 2021. "Today, the entire country mourns, remembering the horrors of August 14, 1947," Adityanath said while inaugurating an exhibition on the occasion at GPO Park in Hazratganj.

Continuing his attack, Adityanath said that while revolutionaries willingly embraced martyrdom for India's freedom, the Congress divided the nation in its "greed for power".

"The ...