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‘Reason behind Parliament security breach is…’: Rahul Gandhi; BJP reacts
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi fired a fresh salvo at the Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government over the security breach in Parliament.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, firing a fresh salvo at the Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government over the security breach in Parliament, on Saturday alleged that the reason behind was unemployment and inflation.
"Security breach happened in Lok Sabha. The reason behind this is unemployment and inflation due to PM Modi's policies," Rahul Gandhi told reporters.
“Where are the jobs? The youth are desperate – we have to focus on this issue, give jobs to the youth. There has definitely been a security lapse, but the reason behind it is the country's biggest issue - unemployment!” he later wrote on social media X.
Hitting back, BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya wrote, “Rahul Gandhi never disappoints; always talks trash. For the record, unemployment in India is at 3.2%, the lowest in six years.”
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“Instead, Rahul Gandhi and I.N.D.I Alliance leaders must explain the close linkages of those involved in the Parliament breach with Congress, TMC, and CPI(M). Rahul Gandhi, in particular, must clarify his association with Asim Sarode, who was part of Bharat Jodo Yatra and has offered to provide legal aide to the intruders,” Malviya added.
Earlier, senior Congress leader KC Venugopal said it wasn't the Opposition members but Delhi Police that politicised the incident after labelling it as a terror attack.
Addressing a media briefing at the AICC headquarters in the national capital, the Congress leader said Delhi Police, which reports to Union home minister Amit Shah, called the security breach on December 13 a terror attack.
"The Delhi Police called it (parliament security breach) a terror attack. It comes under the Union home minister, doesn't it? We (Opposition members) didn't politicise the incident, we didn't call it a terror attack. We only put forward our concerns over the glaring lapse in security from the government side," Venugopal said at the media briefing.
Questioning the suspension of 13 Congress MPs from the Parliament on grounds of misconduct, the Congress national general secretary said, "You (Centre) people told us that this (new Parliament) building would be the safest place in the world. And, what happened the other day was because of lax security. Members (in the Opposition) are being penalised for raising their voices against the government. For what reasons were 14 (Opposition) MPs suspended?"
Along with 13 Congress members, Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Derek O'Brien was also suspended by House Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar for the remainder of the ongoing Winter Session.
Meanwhile, DMK MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi demanded a statement from the Centre calling the incident a very "serious" security lapse.
The DMK MP said, "Two men intruded into the Parliament while two more were protesting outside. The incident showed that not even members of the Parliament are safe and our temple of democracy could be attacked any day. The incident represents a glaring security lapse. We need to understand this. They could have carried guns or explosives instead of smoke cans. It showed anyone could breach the security in the new Parliament building. The security for the members isn't enough."
