Amid the row that erupted after Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification, veteran chief Shashi Tharoor claimed the choice was not “court-oriented” however “politically motivated”. While solely to India TV on Sunday, Tharoor asserted that the previous Congress MP had not addressed the entire “Modi community” however named solely three– PM Narendra Modi and Nirav Modi.
Notably, his important remarks got here almost two days after Gandhi was disqualified from the Lok Sabha Friday, a day after a court docket in Gujarat’s Surat convicted him in a 2019 defamation case. The disqualification will bar Gandhi (52), a four-time MP, from contesting polls for eight years except the next court docket stays his conviction.
“This is not such a big matter that BJP is projecting. Despite this, he was awarded a maximum sentence of two years,” he mentioned in a dialog with India TV.
“Gandhi’s family should be treated differently by law”
Earlier on Saturday, Congress MP Pramod Tiwari defended Gandhi and demanded a “special law” for him. While backing Rahul, the Congress chief mentioned that his household had a historical past of sacrifice for the nation and therefore the federal government ought to deliver particular legal guidelines when it comes to sentencing the Gandhian household.
While talking to media individuals on Saturday, the Congress chief from Mirzapur asserted that the court docket ought to have granted minimal punishment to Rahul amid the actual fact his ancestor had sacrificed their lives for the nation. Further, he alleged that the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) was terrified of the “theft”. Notably, he was pointing fingers on the latest information revealed by Hindenburg Research towards the billionaire Gautam Adani.
‘I’m Gandhi not Savarkar’
A reporter requested him why does he not apologise for his speech at a UK University as demanded by BJP, he mentioned, “My name is not Savarkar, it is Gandhi and Gandhi never apologises.” He additional mentioned, “Let me speak in the Parliament. I asked to speak in the Parliament, twice I asked wrote to the speaker while a third time I presented myself physically.” “I asked the Speaker to let me speak but he said it is not in my hands, then who has the power if not him?”, Gandhi mentioned. He additional mentioned, “Shall I ask Modiji but he will not allow me to speak.”
“So, my point is that, democracy is finished in this country, people cannot speak what is on their minds, institutions in this country are being attacked and the mechanism of that attack is the relationship between Narendra Modi and Adani,” the Congress chief mentioned. In his remarks on the presser, Gandhi mentioned he’ll hold asking questions on the Adani subject.
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