NEW DELHI: In a scathing assault on Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju has mentioned that the Wayanad MP is extraordinarily harmful for nationwide unity as he continues to make provocative statements to divide the countrymen. Rijiju mentioned this whereas referring to Rahul Gandhi’s current statements in London criticising the Narendra Modi-led NDA authorities on the Centre.
Taking to Twitter, Rijiju mentioned, “The “self-declared” Congress prince has crossed all the boundaries. People of India know Rahul Gandhi is ‘Pappu’ however foreigners do not know that he’s truly ‘Pappu’. And it is not essential to react to his Foolish Statements however the issue is that his Anti-India statements are misused by the Anti-India Forces to tarnish the picture of India.”
People of India know Rahul Gandhi is Pappu however foreigners do not know that he’s truly Pappu.
And it is not essential to react to his Foolish Statements however the issue is that his Anti-India statements are misused by the Anti-India Forces to tarnish the picture of India.
— Kiren Rijiju (@KirenRijiju) March 8, 2023
The Union Minister additionally shared a video of Rahul Gandhi’s speech at Cambridge University the place the latter criticised PM Modi for destroying the democratic establishments of India.
This self declared Congress Prince has crossed all the boundaries. This man has turn into extraordinarily harmful for India’s unity. Now he is upsetting folks to divide India. India’s hottest & beloved Hon Prime Minister @Narendramodi Ji’s solely mantra is ‘Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat’. pic.twitter.com/8LKRybLAZW
— Kiren Rijiju (@KirenRijiju) March 8, 2023
Rijiju had on Tuesday slammed Rahul Gandhi for his comment that the “Opposition leaders` microphones are often switched off in Parliament” saying that it’s Rahul Gandhi who speaks essentially the most in Parliament.
“Be it Rahul Gandhi or others, they keep abusing the government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi from dawn to dusk. The one who speaks the most says that they are not allowed to speak,” mentioned Rijiju to reporters.
Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha Harivansh additionally slammed the Congress chief and termed his assertion “absolutely false and baseless”.”…I`d like to say it was absolutely false, and baseless. Nothing can be more false than this. I have been in Parliament for the past nine years and not once have I heard anything like that from anyone…” Harivansh mentioned.
“As far as I know, no one has ever said like this neither inside the Parliament nor outside…nothing can be more unverified than this,” he additional added.
Rahul Attacks PM Modi, BJP In London
In the UK, Rahul Gandhi continued his assault in opposition to the BJP-led authorities on the Centre. In Cambridge, the Congress MP once more alleged that the Opposition`s voice was being stifled in Parliament.
Earlier, in a dialog with members of the Indian Journalists` Association in London, the Wayanad MP known as the current raids performed on the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) places of work throughout India a “suppression of voice”, alleging that BJP below its “new Idea of India” needs India to be “silent”.
“You know every place there is Opposition, there is an excuse. You asked why we did the yatra, and what was the idea behind the yatra. The idea behind the yatra was an expression of voice. And there is suppression of voice across the country. An example is the BBC, but BBC is just one element of it,” he mentioned.
The Congress chief mentioned that BJP needs India to be “silent” below the “new Idea of India”. “If the BBC stops writing against the government, everything will go back to normal, all the cases will disappear, everything (will) go back to normal. So this is the new Idea of India. BJP wants India to be silent. They want it to be quiet, the Dalits, the lower castes, the Adivasis, the media they want silence, and they want silence because they want to be able to take what is India`s and give it to their close friends,” he mentioned.
He additional added, “So that`s basically the idea right, distract the population, and then hand over India`s wealth to two, three, four, five big people. I mean we have seen this, we have seen this before also, but that`s not something. “On being requested concerning the allegations of “defaming India on foreign soil” Rahul Gandhi mentioned, “There`s nothing defaming India in my Cambridge lecture.”