New Delhi, July 13 -- BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Monday launched a sharp attack on Congress, alleging that the party's leadership under former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru took decisions during the Partition that had long-term consequences for the country.

In a post shared on X, Dubey termed July 13, 1947, as a "dark chapter" in the history of Congress and claimed that Nehru accepted the Partition of India under pressure from Lady Edwina Mountbatten.

"The Dark Chapter of the Congress. On July 13, 1947, under pressure from Lady Edwina Mountbatten, Nehru ji abandoned Mahatma Gandhi ji's views and accepted the partition of India," Dubey wrote.

The BJP MP alleged that boundary committees constituted for Bengal and Punjab resulted in the ...