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Rahul Gandhi didn’t say or allude to it, claims Surjewala over ‘collusion with BJP’ remark
Surjewala tagged Congress leader Kapil Sibal’s tweet in his post, which was in response to Rahul Gandhi’s remark about collusion with the BJP.
Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala denied reports of Rahul Gandhi’s accusation that leaders who wrote the letter seeking dissolution of powers to state units and revamping the CWC did so in collusion with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
“Sh. Rahul Gandhi hasn’t said a word of this nature nor alluded to it. Please don’t be mislead by false media discourse or misinformation being spread. But yes, we all need to work together in fighting the draconian Modi rule rather then fighting & hurting each other & the Congress,” Surjewala tweeted.
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Surjewala tagged Congress leader Kapil Sibal’s tweet in his post, which was in response to Rahul Gandhi’s alleged remark about collusion with the BJP.
“Rahul Gandhi says we are colluding with BJP. Succeeded in Rajasthan High Court defending the Congress Party. Defending party in Manipur to bring down BJP Govt. Last 30 years have never made a statement in favour of BJP on any issue. Yet “ we are colluding with the BJP”!” Sibal tweeted.
However, he later withdrew his tweet after Rahul Gandhi told him that he did not make the comments attributed to him.
Sonia Gandhi, meanwhile, remained adamant on quitting as Congress president. In her opening remarks at the meeting where Rahul Gandhi allegedly made the remark, she made the offer to quit saying she had given a detailed reply on the issue to AICC general secretary K C Venugopal.
“A year has lapsed now. In the interest of the party, I ask CWC to begin deliberations to put in a place of process of transition to relieve me from my duties,” she said at the meeting.
