Accusing BJP leaders, including former Union minister Rajyavardhan Rathore, of sharing “deliberately fabricated and distorted reports” on Rahul Gandhi’s comments in Kerala, the Congress on Saturday threatened to take legal action against the saffron party for failing to apologise. Gave. Rahul Gandhi He also targeted the BJP and the RSS, alleging that “propaganda and lies” are their foundation.
The opposition party attacked Rathore and called him “shameless” after Twitter labeled one of his posts as “presenting the media out of context” on the video of Rahul Gandhi’s remarks in Kerala. In a letter to BJP president JP Nadda, Congress general secretary in-charge for communications Jairam Ramesh said he was shocked that several BJP leaders were deliberately and enthusiastically sharing “mischievous” reports on a news channel.
Ramesh said, “The original video was Mr. Rahul Gandhi’s comment on the SFI violence at his Wayanad office, but it was deliberately and mischievously projected as if it was a comment on the heinous murder of Kanhaiya Lal in Udaipur.” He said that it was immediately brought to the notice of all concerned that the report was false and willfully misleading.
“What is even more worrying is that many of your party colleagues, including Rajyavardhan Rathore, MP, Subrata Pathak MP, Kamlesh Saini, MLA and others, enthusiastically and without verification, have published and shared deliberately fabricated and distorted reports,” Ramesh said. done,” said Ramesh. Said in his letter. “Despite warnings by my party colleagues that the clip was maliciously false and misleading, Rathore continued to amplify it, first deleting it and then uploading it again,” he said.
Ramesh alleged that there is no doubt that Rathore’s action was deliberate and part of your party’s strategy to defame the former Congress president and polarize the already sensitive, communal situation. “The fact that some of your collaborators later deleted the false report after uploading and sharing it is no excuse because the damage has already been done,” he said.
“We have already initiated appropriate legal action against the original broadcaster. We hope that you and your party colleagues will refrain from spreading such lies,” Ramesh said in his letter to Nadda. “Furthermore, I hope that you will immediately issue an appropriate apology on behalf of your colleagues who have acted with such carelessness towards the truth.
Ramesh warned, “If this apology is not issued today, we will take appropriate legal action against your party and its leaders who insist on using social media in such irresponsible and criminal manner.” ” There was no immediate reaction from the BJP.
In a clear reference to the issue, Rahul Gandhi in a tweet in Hindi said, “The entire India Knows the history of BJP-RSS, which warms hands by pushing the country in the fire of hatred. “No matter how hard these traitors try to break the country, the Congress will continue to do more work to unite India,” he said.
Communications department head Pawan Khera said BJP leaders who have put up a “fake video” of Rahul Gandhi should be prepared to tour the country as he will have to visit courts in several cities. Kheda shared a screenshot of Rathore’s post on Twitter, tweeting, “It’s an honor to have Dr Shameless Rathore labeled as the person posting fake content by @twitter.”
Congress social media in-charge Supriya Srinate also slammed the BJP for sharing the video to mislead people and called Rathore a “fake news peddler”.
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