New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday referred to as Congress chief Rahul Gandhi the “present-day Mir Jafar of Indian polity” and sought an apology from the Wayanad MP for his within the United Kingdom. Attacking the Congress chief, BJP nationwide spokesperson Sambit Patra mentioned that Rahul Gandhi needs to turn into ‘nawab’ in India for which he’s in search of assist from international powers.
“Rahul Gandhi is a present-day Mir Jafar of Indian polity. What he has done in London is the same thing that Mir Jafar did,” Patra mentioned at a press convention. Mir Jafar was the East India Company’s first ‘nawab’ of Bengal. He served as a commander within the Bengal military underneath Siraj ud-Daulah and betrayed Siraj ud-Daulah throughout the Battle of Plassey, paving the best way for British rule in India.
Rahul Gandhi needs to turn into “nawab”
The BJP chief mentioned that Rahul Gandhi has sought assist from the East India Company to turn into a nawab.
“Rahul Gandhi did the same thing during his visit to London. He invited foreign forces to come to India. Shehzada wants to become a nawab. Shehzada has sought help from the East India Company to become a nawab,” Patra mentioned. The BJP spokesperson additionally alleged that it was not the primary time that Gandhi has “spoken against India” in a international land. “This is just not a random issue. This is a consistent conspiracy by the Congress party and the Gandhi family,” he added.
He additionally alleged Gandhi insulted and defamed India together with his feedback about India abroad, saying, “People have not given this right to him.” He asserted that the BJP won’t let the Congress chief get away with out an apology for his remarks in London. “There is no other alternative left before him. He will have to apologise because he has insulted and defamed India. We will make him apologise,” the BJP spokesperson mentioned.
“Since the Congress can not make Shehzada a nawab with the blessings of the people of India, he goes abroad seeking help. This will not be allowed,” he added.
Rahul Gandhi’s attendance in Parliament is 52%
On Gandhi’s remark that his microphone was turned off in Parliament, Patra alleged the Congress chief stays overseas “most of the time”. “Gandhi’s attendance in Parliament is 52 per cent, whereas the national average is 78 per cent. The attendance of lawmakers from Kerala, from where Gandhi is also an MP, is 84 per cent on average,” the BJP spokesperson mentioned. He additional mentioned that the Congress MP has participated in simply six debates in Parliament up to now and requested merely 92 questions since 2019, he added. “You (Gandhi) don’t ask questions because you don’t have questions. You have just one tape recorder that you play everywhere. You don’t participate in debates and discussions because you have nothing to debate. Your attendance in Parliament is the lowest,” Patra charged.
On Gandhi in search of permission to talk in Lok Sabha on the problem, Patra requested who was stopping him from doing so. “He will speak only when he comes to Parliament,” he mentioned, taking a jibe on the Wayanad MP. Gandhi has written to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla in search of permission to talk within the House over his democracy remarks made in London, based on sources. The Congress MP had met Birla final week after his return from the UK.
Meanwhile, Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge got here in assist of celebration chief Rahul Gandhi and mentioned that he received’t apologise. The Congress chief additionally slammed the Centre for giving safety to fugitive Mehul Choksi.
“Rahul Gandhi won’t apologise. We will ask for the same demand again and again till we don’t get an answer. This is just a diversion from the issue. Our embassies are getting attacked but they are not saying anything to condemn these attacks. These people gave protection to Mehul Choksi and now are talking about ‘Deshbhakti’,” mentioned Kharge.
