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'Worried that Rahul Gandhi might…: Congress hits back at BJP over Adani issue
The BJP on Tuesday stepped up attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and dubbed him as the “present-day Mir Jafar of Indian polity.”
The Congress party on Tuesday termed the uproar by the BJP over Rahul Gandhi's speech in London a “drama” to avoid questions arising out of the Hindenburg report on Adani Group. Pawan Khera, in charge of Congress's media and publicity department, defended former party chief Rahul Gandhi's remarks saying criticising the government is not equivalent to criticising the nation.
“Debate does not make democracy weaken, instead it strengthens it. The government is doing this drama because they are trying to escape the opposition's questions,” Khera said amid continued protest from Opposition MPs demanding a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into the Adani issue.
"They are worried that Rahul Gandhi might again ask the PM about his relations with Adani. There is no JPC probe yet, this is the reason they are creating so much drama," he added.
Khera also said that BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra will get a strong answer soon for dubbing Rahul Gandhi as the "present-day Mir Jafar of Indian polity" who went overseas seeking help from foreign forces to become a 'nawab' in India.
“He will get a strong answer soon. We are also learning from them (BJP) how to give answers. Soon action will be taken on his statement,” Khera said.
On Tuesday, BJP stepped up attack on the Congress leader over his democracy in danger remark in London and reiterated the demand for an apology.
"It would not be an aberration to say that Rahul Gandhi is a present-day Mir Jafar of Indian polity. What he has done in London is the same thing that Mir Jafar did," Patra said at a press conference.
"Rahul Gandhi did the same thing during his visit to London. He invited foreign forces to come to India. Shehzada wants to become a nawab. Shehzada has sought help from the East India Company to become a nawab," Patra charged.
Mir Jafar, who served as a commander in the Bengal army under Siraj ud-Daulah, was the East India Company's first nawab of Bengal. He had betrayed Siraj ud-Daulah during the Battle of Plassey, paving the way for the British rule in India.
