The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday hit back at Rahul Gandhi for maligning India on overseas soil. Addressing an in-conversation session at the Chatham House assume tank to spherical off his week-long UK tour, Gandhi had accused the BJP-led Central authorities over varied points.
Reacting to Rahul Gandhi’s statements, the BJP stated that the Congress leader is in the ‘grip of Maoist thought course of’ and likewise known as on his occasion to ‘disown’ his feedback. The BJP additionally accused Gandhi of maligning India on overseas soil whereas praising China.
Addressing a press convention BJP’s RS Prasad stated, “We ask Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge…if you feel that you are an elected president of Congress, do you support this irresponsible and shameful comment of Rahul Gandhi that ‘America & Europe must intervene in India to restore democracy’? If you don’t support Rahul Gandhi’s statement, then disown it,” and added, “Sonia Gandhi Ji, BJP will like to urge you to make your stand very clear – where do you stand in the face of this utterly irresponsible statement of your son asking for interference by America & Europe to restore democracy in India?”
“Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi also used to criticise (RSS) and Rahul Gandhi is also doing it. But, the Sangh kept growing and the Congress kept shrinking,” he added.
Rahul Gandhi had additionally likened BJP’s ideological father or mother, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist organisation banned in a number of international locations for terror hyperlinks. Gandi had alleged that varied establishments in India are presently underneath menace and that the RSS has “captured all of India’s institutions”. Speaking at the London occasion, Gandhi stated the RSS might be known as a “secret society” that is constructed alongside the strains of the Muslim Brotherhood.
