Himachal Pradesh chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Tuesday said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification from the Parliament was an attempt to “suppress the voice of truth”.
The HP chief minister, who held a briefing at the Haryana Congress office in Chandigarh, said regional parties need to mull over the idea of getting together and join forces with the Congress in the fight against the ruling BJP.
Pointing to BJP’s alleged intolerance to digest criticism, he claimed that Rahul’s disqualification following his conviction by a Surat court did not augur well for the democracy in the country.
“Democracy survives if the opposition is alive and kicking,” he said.
The HP chief minister criticised the “hurry” shown in ordering disqualification of Rahul and ordering him to vacate his official residence.