New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday hit out at Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, comparing him with the current Mir Jafar of Indian politics and said he will have to apologize for his remarks in the UK. Addressing a press conference in the national capital, BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra said, “Rahul Gandhi will have to apologize in Parliament. He always defames the country. He is the present Mir Jafar of Indian politics.”
“He insulted the country and asked foreign power to interfere in the country. This is a continuous ‘conspiracy’ of Congress and Rahul Gandhi. His participation in Parliament is the least and he says no one allows him to speak.”
Comparing Rahul Gandhi to Mir Zafar, Patra said, “Mir Zafar did the same, gave 24 parganas to seek help from East India Company and now Rahul is doing the same kind of politics.” “He is seeking help from abroad to become a ‘shehzada’ in India,” Patra said.
Rahul Gandhi will have to apologize in Parliament. He always defames the country. He is currently the Mir Jaffer of Indian politics. He insulted the country and asked the foreign power to intervene in the country. This is a continuous ‘conspiracy’ of Congress and Rahul Gandhi. His… https://t.co/X2rpqkepeE pic.twitter.com/TK9hAZfHJ0– ANI (@ANI) March 21, 2023
Highlighting Rahul Gandhi’s participation in parliamentary debates, Patra said, “Debate is the soul of democracy but Rahul Gandhi has participated only six times since 2019. He is not participating in debates.” Attacking Gandhi over his remark that ‘unfortunately I am an MP’, Patra said, “Rahul Gandhi doesn’t know what to say. He only speaks with the help of Jairam Ramesh.
He himself said, ‘Unfortunately I am an MP’. Earlier, during a recent conversation at Chatham House in London, Rahul Gandhi had alleged that microphones of opposition leaders are often silenced in Parliament. He attacked the BJP-led government at the Centre. And made many more allegations. He even said that Europe and America are not doing enough to restore democracy in India as they are getting business and money from the country.
The Congress leader also alleged that various institutions in the country were under threat. Rahul Gandhi said, “It shocked me how successful they have been in capturing various institutions of our country. The press, judiciary, parliament and election commission are all under threat and controlled in one way or the other.” He termed the RSS as a “radical” and “fascist” organization and alleged that it has taken over almost all the institutions of India.
BJP’s latest attack on Rahul Gandhi Parliament was stalled for the seventh consecutive day due to protests by rival parties. Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Monday said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s “explicit apology” for his remarks in the UK could end the impasse over the “assault” on democracy in India.
Several opposition parties, on their part, accused the government of not wanting Parliament to function and finding ways to divert attention from its demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) of charges against the Adani group.
In a repeat of events since the start of the second phase of Parliament’s budget session on March 13, both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha were adjourned without any business due to opposition from the ruling party against Gandhi for her remarks in London Was. And by the opposition on the demand for a JPC probe into the Adani issue.
Sources said on Monday that Rahul Gandhi has written to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to allow him to speak in the House on his democracy remarks made in the UK. Gandhi met Birla last week after his return from the United Kingdom.
Sources said Gandhi wanted to speak in the Lok Sabha to clarify his remarks made in Britain, on which the BJP is demanding an apology from the Congress leader after accusing him of insulting the country and its institutions on foreign soil. .