New Delhi:
The BJP as we speak launched a pointy assault on Congress chief Rahul Gandhi after he mentioned the Opposition was combating not simply the BJP, however the Indian State. Union Well being Minister and BJP president JP Nadda mentioned the Congress’s “ugly reality now stands uncovered”. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman requested why Mr Gandhi carried a duplicate of the Structure if he thought the Opposition was combating the State.
Addressing a gathering on the inauguration of the Congress’s new headquarters in Delhi, Mr Gandhi slammed the BJP and its ideological mum or dad RSS.
#WATCH | Delhi: Lok Sabha LoP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi says “Don’t suppose that we’re combating a good struggle. There isn’t a equity on this. In case you imagine that we’re combating a political organisation known as the BJP or RSS, you haven’t understood what’s going on. The BJP and… pic.twitter.com/wuZRnxDysB
— ANI (@ANI) January 15, 2025
“Our ideology just like the RSS ideology is 1000’s of years outdated and it has been combating the RSS ideology for 1000’s of years. Don’t suppose that we’re combating a good struggle. There isn’t a equity on this. In case you imagine that we’re combating a political organisation known as the BJP or RSS, you haven’t understood what’s going on. The BJP and the RSS have captured each single establishment of our nation. We are actually combating the BJP, the RSS and the Indian State itself,” he mentioned.
Hidden no extra, Congress’ ugly reality now stands uncovered by their very own chief.
I ‘praise’ Mr. Rahul Gandhi for saying clearly what the nation knows- that he’s combating the Indian state!
It’s not a secret that Mr. Gandhi and his ecosystem have shut hyperlinks with City Naxals…
— Jagat Prakash Nadda (@JPNadda) January 15, 2025
The comment drew a pointy response from the BJP chief. “Hidden no extra, Congress’ ugly reality now stands uncovered by their very own chief. I ‘praise’ Mr. Rahul Gandhi for saying clearly what the nation knows- that he’s combating the Indian state,” he mentioned in a publish on X.
“It’s not a secret that Mr. Gandhi and his ecosystem have shut hyperlinks with City Naxals and the Deep State who need to defame, demean and discredit India. His repeated actions have additionally strengthened this perception. Every thing he has accomplished or mentioned has been within the route of breaking India and dividing our society,” Mr Nadda added.
“Congress has a historical past of encouraging all these forces who desire a weak India. Their greed for energy meant compromising the nation’s integrity and betraying the belief of the individuals. However, the individuals of India are sensible. They’ve determined that they’ll at all times reject Mr. Rahul Gandhi and his rotten ideology,” the BJP chief mentioned.
Finance Minister Sitharaman mentioned the Chief if the Opposition, who took the oath on the Consitution, is saying he’s combating the Indian State.
The LoP, who was sworn in by taking oath on the Structure, is now saying, “We are actually combating the BJP, the RSS and the Indian State itself.”
So, @INCIndia and @RahulGandhi, what for are you carrying a duplicate of the structure in your hand? https://t.co/pi3hNpoDWZ
— Nirmala Sitharaman (@nsitharaman) January 15, 2025
Mr Gandhi additionally launched a no-holds-barred assault on RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat for his comment that India acquired “true independence” after the Ram Temple in Ayodhya was consecrated. He mentioned the RSS chief’s remark amounted to “treason” and that he could be arrested and tried if he was in another nation.
“Mohan Bhagwat has the audacity to tell the nation each two or three days what he thinks in regards to the Independence motion, what he thinks in regards to the Structure. What he has mentioned yesterday is treason as a result of it’s stating that the Structure is invalid, it’s stating that every part (accomplished) to struggle towards the British was invalid and he has the audacity to say this publicly,” Mr Gandhi mentioned, including, “in another nation, he could be arrested and tried”.
“To say that India didn’t get Independence in 1947 is an insult to each single Indian and it is about time we cease listening to this nonsense that these individuals suppose they’ll simply preserve parroting out and shouting and screaming,” the Chief of the Opposition in Lok Sabha mentioned.