New Delhi: Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge got here to Rahul Gandhi’s protection after BJP president JP Nadda launched heavy assaults on the Congress MP and demanded an apology from him for his remarks throughout his London go to. Kharge condemned Nadda’s assertion and requested if individuals who debate about democracy are anti-national. He additionally claimed that the BJP did not participate in India’s freedom wrestle. “They (BJP) themselves are anti-national. They never took part in India’s freedom movement, worked for the Britishers and they are calling others anti-national? They are doing this to deviate from issues of unemployment and inflation,” he informed the information company ANI.
He additional argued, “Can Rahul Gandhi ever be anti-national? Are people who debate about democracy anti-national?”
“I condemn JP Nadda’s statement. There is no point of apologising. We will give a strong reply to this in the Parliament. Rahul Gandhi Ji will himself reply on this, that`s why they (BJP) are scared. Why are they not giving him a chance to speak in Parliament,” Kharge stated.
In a public assertion, BJP president JP Nadda on Friday (March 17) accused Gandhi of “insulting” the nation and the Parliament overseas. Joining a refrain of different BJP leaders castigating the Congress chief, Nadda additionally stated that Rahul has turn out to be part of the “anti-nationalist toolkit”, criticising him for remarks made by Gandhi about Indian democracy in London. “Congress is now part of anti-national activities…Rahul Gandhi has now become a permanent part of this anti-nationalist toolkit,” he stated.
“Rahul Gandhi, what is your intention when you demand the intervention of another country in the internal matters of India? At a time when India is becoming the 5th largest economy in the world and G20 meetings are being held here, Rahul Gandhi on foreign soil is insulting the nation and the Parliament,” the BJP chief additional stated.Â
