The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday responded to Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge’s letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and reminded him of the time when leaders of his party, including Rahul Gandhi, called PM Modi different names. This comes two days after Kharge, in his letter to PM Modi, raised the issue of “extremely objectionable” and violent statements by ruling alliance members targeting Rahul Gandhi. Kharge also urged the Prime Minister to discipline his leaders.
In its response, the BJP referred to Rahul Gandhi as a “failed product” and said the Congress party was trying to polish their failed product to get him success in the market.
The letter signed by BJP chief JP Nadda mentioned that Kharge was trying to shield Rahul Gandhi even though many of his party leaders, including Gandhi himself, have wielded attacks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the past. Nadda also asked Kharge about the pressure under which he was supporting Rahul Gandhi, despite the latter making controversial remarks against PM Modi on several occasions.
Nadda also mentioned how Sonia Gandhi had once called Prime Minister Narendra Modi “maut ka saudaagar”.
KHARGE’s LETTER TO PM MODI
On Tuesday, in his letter to Modi, Kharge asserted that strict legal action should be taken against those giving objectionable statements so that Indian politics can be prevented from degenerating and nothing untoward happens.
“I want to draw your attention to an issue which is directly related to democracy and the Constitution. You must be aware that a series of extremely objectionable, violent and rude statements are being made against the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi,” the Congress chief wrote.
“I have to say with sadness that the violent language used by the leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party and your allies is harmful to the future. The world is shocked that the Minister of State for Railways in the central government, a minister from BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh, is calling the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha ‘number one terrorist’,” Kharge mentioned, in an apparent reference to the remarks by MoS Railways Ravneet Singh Bittu and UP minister Raghuraj Singh.
“An MLA from a party that has ties with your government in Maharashtra is announcing a reward of Rs 11 lakh to the person who ‘cuts off the tongue of the Leader of the Opposition and brings it to him’. A BJP leader and former MLA in Delhi is threatening to make him ‘fate like his grandmother’,” Kharge wrote.
THE CONTROVERSY
Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Gaikwad recently announced that he will give Rs 11 lakh to anyone chopping off Rahul Gandhi’s tongue for his remarks on scrapping the reservation system.
On Sunday, Union Minister Ravneet Singh Bittu said if those “manufacturing bombs” were supporting Gandhi, he is the “number one terrorist”.
Minister in the BJP’s UP government, Raghuraj Singh, reportedly made similar remarks as that of Bittu.
Earlier, BJP leader Tarvinder Singh Marvah had purportedly made “threatening” remarks against Gandhi.
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