new delhi accusing pm modi and his drumbeaters of creating a bogus narrative about the sengol sceptre to be installed in the new parliament hall congress on friday said there was no documented evidence that the sceptre was given by the british to first pm jawaharlal nehru as a symbol of transfer of power it said nehrus own words about allahabad museum where it was kept suggested it was a cultural relic while the best witnesses of the time c rajagopalachari and lord mountbatten never said anything about the sengol being given by mountbattento nehruread alsohow time forgot sengol as nehrus golden walking stickchennai a oneminute video by chennaibased vummudi bangaru jewellers vbj apparently caught prime minister narendra modis eye before the fivefootlong gold sceptre or the sengol sengol new flashpoint in parliament row sc junks plea seeking inauguration by president top developmentsnew delhi with just two days to go before the landmark inauguration of the new parliament building in the national capital the installation of the historic sengol sceptre has become the latest flashpoint between congress and bjp meanwhile the supreme court has junked a pil seeking a directionwhy sengol was marked as walking stick in museum says annamalaichennai hitting out at congress over the sengol issue tamil nadu bharatiya janata party bjp chief k annamalai on friday said why it was marked as a walking stick in the museum the adheenam has spoken in the true spirit of what exactly happened in 1947 congress has to clarify why sengolthe party said the fake narrative of whatsapp university was fabricated to further bjps political designs intamil naduparty spokesman jairam ramesh tweeted the sceptre is now being used by the pm and his drumbeaters for their political ends in tamil nadu this is typical of this brigade that embroiders facts to suit its twisted objectives the real question is why is president droupadi murmu not being allowed to inaugurate the new parliamenthe said the sceptre was conceived of by a religious establishment in the madras province and crafted in madras city which was gifted to nehru in august 1947 there is no documented evidence whatsoever of mountbatten rajaji and nehru describing this sceptre as a symbol of transfer of british power to india all claims to this effect are plain and simple bogus ramesh saidwholly and completely manufactured in the minds of a few and dispersed into whatsapp and now to the drumbeaters in the media two of the finest rajaji scholars with impeccable credentials have expressed surprise the spokesman said tagging a news report questioning the governments claimsis it any surprise that the new parliament is being consecrated with typically false narratives from whatsapp university the bjprss distorians stand exposed yet again with maximum claims minimum evidence he addedtagging nehrus remarks made in allahabad he said the sceptre presented to nehru was kept for display at allahabad museum and what nehru said there on december 14 1947 was a matter of public recordwatch bjp slams haters of culture