New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Pragya Thakur on Saturday (March 11, 2023) launched a scathing assault on Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and stated he has “proved” Chanakya’s saying — “son born to a foreign woman can never be a patriot” — was true. She additionally stated that the previous Congress president should be “thrown out of the country” for some his remarks made on international soil. Gandhi had this week informed British parliamentarians in London that functioning microphones within the Lok Sabha are sometimes silenced in opposition to the Opposition. He had additionally slammed the Narendra Modi-led authorities for the alleged assault on Indian democracy.
“We have assumed you are not from India because your mother (Sonia Gandhi) is from Italy,” Thakur, who is best often called Sadhvi Pragya and is a Lok Sabha MP from Madhya Pradesh capital Bhopal, stated.
“More work will be done if Parliament functions smoothly. (But) If there is more work, then they (Congress) will not survive. Their (Congress) existence is on the verge of ending. Now their mind is also getting corrupted,” she added.
“You (Rahul Gandhi) are a leader of this country, have been elected by the people (here), and are now insulting the public. While sitting abroad, you (Rahul Gandhi) are saying you are not getting an opportunity to speak in Parliament. Nothing can be more shameful than this. He should not be given a chance in politics and should be thrown out of the country,” Thakur stated.
Earlier this week, Rahul Gandhi informed British parliamentarians that functioning microphones within the Indian Parliament are sometimes silenced in opposition to the Opposition.
During an occasion organised by veteran Indian-origin Opposition Labour Party MP Virendra Sharma within the Grand Committee Room throughout the House of Commons in London, he used a defective microphone within the room to make his level about what he described as a “stifling” of Opposition in India.
“Our mics are not out of order, they are functioning, but you still can’t switch them on. That’s happened to me a number of times while I am speaking,” Gandhi informed the gathering, in response to a query about sharing his expertise of being a politician in India along with his British counterparts.
The Wayanad MP acknowledged that they weren’t allowed to debate demonetisation, which he stated was a “disastrous financial decision”. He additionally claimed that the Opposition leaders weren’t allowed to debate a number of subjects together with the GST.
“Chinese troops entering Indian territory — we were not allowed to discuss. I remember a Parliament where there were vibrant discussions, heated debates, arguments, and disagreements but we had a conversation. And, that’s frankly what we miss in Parliament. We have to use debates to fit in other debates. There is a stifling that is going on,” the previous Congress chief stated.
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“This idea that the BJP is unbeatable is a narrative that is being created. It was the same narrative in the media in 2004, about India shining and when the result came it was a shock for the BJP. So, I don’t buy the narrative in the media. I listen to the people on the ground,” he stated, including that he’s “pretty confident” of bringing the Opposition collectively on one platform.
When requested about his “hopes and dreams” for India, he stated that the “future of India is very good as long as we can take care of this turbulent period we are going through where our structures are being attacked”.
Shri @RahulGandhi had an insightful interplay with UK’s Members of Parliament, revered teachers, journalists, neighborhood leaders and leaders of the Indian Overseas Congress on the Grand Committee Room, UK Parliament, earlier as we speak. pic.twitter.com/cqSPRIAALR
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“It is in the DNA of our country to be affectionate,” he added.
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Earlier final week, Rahul Gandhi had additionally given a lecture on “Learning to Listen in the 21st century” on the Cambridge Judge Business School and listed 5 key points of the alleged assault on Indian democracy — seize and management of media and judiciary; surveillance and intimidation; coercion by federal regulation enforcement companies; assaults on minorities, Dalits and tribals; and shutting down of dissent.
Referencing a decline in manufacturing in democratic international locations resembling India and the US in recent times as manufacturing shifted to China, the previous Congress President stated the shift had produced mass inequality and anger which wanted pressing consideration and dialogue.
“We simply cannot afford a planet that doesn’t produce under democratic systems,” the 52-year-old, who’s on a week-long tour of the UK, had stated.
