Congress General Secretary for Uttar Pradesh East and Congress President Rahul Gandhi’s sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra today took to Twitter to wish Kashmiri Pandits on their new year festival, Navreh. Except, she spelt it ‘Nauroz’.
Nauroz Mubarak to all my Kashmiri sisters and brothers!! Despite my mother’s “don’t forget to make the thali” messages, I had no time to make my thaali yesterday but came home after road show and found it placed on the dining table. How sweet are mom’s? pic.twitter.com/Lix2hCVS8f
— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) April 6, 2019
Gandhi, whose grandmother has Kashmiri roots, seems to have either invented a new spelling for the festival or confused it with the Parsi festival Navroz. Priyanka and Rahul Gandhi’s grandfather, Feroze Gandhi was a Parsi. Or maybe she just invented a new festival in confusion.
Many Twitter users pointed it out that she seems to have confused the two festivals, especially since Navroz was celebrated just few weeks back.
Navroze is the Persian/Iranian new year, if I’m not wrong. Navreh is celebrated by Kashmiri Pandits. https://t.co/UMeNrEHc12
— Abhijit Majumder (@abhijitmajumder) April 6, 2019
Dear @PriyankaGandhi, ‘Nauroz’ was celebrated last month. The Kashmiri new year’s day being celebrated today is ‘Navreh’. https://t.co/DDEUMxUkkU
— Tarek Fatah (@TarekFatah) April 6, 2019
The Kashmiri Pandits, especially, seem to have not taken it too well.
Thank you from your ‘Kashmiri sisters and brothers BUT your ‘mother’ seems to have confused NAVREH with Navroz which is the Parsi New Year! Any genuine Kashmiri Pandit would know the difference. Do ask your faithful but confused SM-handlers to rectify this gaffe ? https://t.co/3DUrqDq5fV
— RD?? (@DharRenuka) April 6, 2019
Very nice Priyanka ji. Hope Congress leaders who are always shy of talking about Kashmiri Pandit genocide & brush us under the carpet see this. BTW do tell Sonia Ji that it is Navreh (Hindu new year) and not Nauroz! Good luck for elections! https://t.co/E5G0uWI2pB
— Rahul Koul (@Rahipoet) April 6, 2019
Sigh, another day, another fake Hindu, another attempt at appearing “Kaul Dattatreya”.
It’s not NOUROZ, it’s NAVREH. pic.twitter.com/ulyoRilwYe— Aakash Raj Razdhan (@Ateendriyo) April 6, 2019
Clearly, not too happy.
Also, Pinki didi. Mother remembered to set up the Navreh thaali, but didn’t remember to mention Kashmiri Hindus in the #CongressManiFAKEto? Badiya Hai!
— Aakash Raj Razdhan (@Ateendriyo) April 6, 2019
Navreh is a new year for the Kashmiri Pandits which falls on the first day of bright fortnight of Chaitra month. On the eve of Navrah, a thaali filled with rice, curd, bread, walnuts, inkpot, paper, pen, mirror, flowers, silver coin and the almanac of the next year is kept ready to be seen the first thing next morning. Navroz is the Parsi new year which was celebrated on March 21 this year. However, from what it appears, Priyanka seems to have either confused the two festivals of her Kashmiri and Parsi roots or she has invented a new spelling of the Kashmiri festival.
