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'Whatever Rahul Gandhi says...': BJP leaders on 'Modi surname' verdict
Union minister Kiren Rijiju said Congress MPs told him that the party was sinking because of Rahul Gandhi's attitude.
Union minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday said whatever Rahul Gandhi says nowadays is dangerous not only for the party but also for the country -- after a Surat court convicted Rahul Gandhi for his comments 'how come all thieves have Modi as the common surname' which he made in 2019 in Karnakata. The court pronounced the maximum punishment of two years imprisonment but the order was suspended for 30 days as Rahul Gandhi will appeal against the order. He was granted bail on Thursday. Read | 2-year jail term for Rahul Gandhi on ‘Modi surname’ remark: What was the case?
"Even his party leaders tell me, today also as Congress leader said that the party is sinking because of Rahul Gandhi's comments," Kiren Rijiju said.
BJP's Amit Malviya said the comment was a casteist and defamatory one and it targetted a section of society. "He is flippant and dangerous, who has no compunction deriding India and Indians. He had recently pleaded for Europe and US intervention in India’s internal affairs… Shameful," Malviya said.
BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla linked the 2019 comment with the recent uproar over Rahul Gandhi's comments made in the UK and asked whether Rahul Gandhi will now apologise.
"It has been proven again that Rahul Gandhi is a persistent purveyor of fakery and falsehoods. Now, Rahul Gandhi has been held guilty for his defamatory statements. In hatred for one person they start attacking the entire samaj (OBC samaj), country and its institutions. Not the first time Rahul Gandhi has spoken lies, peddled falsehoods .He had to apologise to SC for his Rafale lie as well. Sad that the Congress party defended such a person’s statements made on foreign soil demanding foreign intervention into India & held Parliament hostage. Will the likes of Jairam Ramesh & Supriya Srinate still call this death of Democracy or will they too apologise for their shameless defence of Rahul’s utterances in London. Should Rahul Gandhi not be sacked by Congress instead of defending him?" Shehzad tweeted.
