New Delhi [India]March 20 (ANI): Following Congress’ Twitter post on Veer Savarkar, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Sunday hit out at the grand old party, saying it should not disrespect the great souls.
“Please don’t insult the great soul Veer Savarkar. Praying with folded hands,” read Rijiju’s tweet translated from Hindi.
The Union minister’s reaction came in the backdrop of a Congress tweet in which the party had posted Rahul Gandhi’s picture and said: “Savarkar samjha kya…naam Rahul Gandhi hai (Do you think it is Savarkar… His name is Rahul Gandhi).”
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress are at loggerheads over Rahul Gandhi’s comment on the Wayanad MP’s comment on Indian democracy in the UK.
The BJP alleged that Rahul Gandhi was under the influence of “anarchist and Maoist elements”.
Earlier, Kiren Rijiju hit out at Rahul Gandhi over his remarks on India in the UK and said citizens cannot remain silent on the “disgrace” of the country.
In an indirect attack on the Congress, Rijiju said India was no longer their “fiefdom” and the grand old party could not digest this fact.
He said, ‘Abuse us as much as you want but we cannot allow you to insult the country. Rahul has insulted the judiciary, our judicial system is strong. There is only one demand that Rahul will have to apologize to the country for insulting the country. India is no longer their fiefdom, they cannot digest this fact,” Rijiju said.
“The Congress and Rahul have been rejected by the people of this country. He has hurt the reputation of our democracy and Parliament.. This is not acceptable.
The Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha faced disruption last week as the Congress and other opposition parties pressed for a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe into the Adani-Hindenburg row and BJP members demanded an apology from Rahul Gandhi over his remarks in London. demanded.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi recently said in a lecture at the University of Cambridge in London, “Everyone knows and it is in the news a lot that Indian democracy is under pressure and under attack. I am the leader of an opposition in India, we are navigating that (opposition) space.
“The institutional framework necessary for a democratic parliament, free press, judiciary, the mere idea of mobilization, all are being coerced. That’s why we are facing an attack on the basic structure of Indian democracy. (ANI)
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