Bengaluru: The Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP) filed a case with the Election Fee Monday, looking for exemplary punitive motion in opposition to the Congress and its former president Sonia Gandhi for making ‘secessionist’ remarks in poll-bound Karnataka.
It attacked the Congress for the purported use of the phrase ‘sovereignty’ claiming that Gandhi talked about about it in her speech at Hubballi in Karnataka on Saturday night.
In her grievance, BJP election administration committee convener Shobha Karandlaje urged the ballot panel to direct registration of FIR in opposition to Gandhi for making such an announcement and to “take exemplary punitive motion”.
ThePrint reached Congress communication chief Jairam Ramesh by textual content and requires his get together’s assertion, however there was no response. This report will likely be up to date as and when a response is obtained.
A Twitter submit from the Congress get together’s official deal with had the phrase ‘sovereignty’, fueling the BJP’s outburst in opposition to its principal rival within the final leg of election campaigning in Karnataka. The second a part of the tweet was in quotes, giving the impression that the comment was made by the previous Congress president.
CPP Chairperson Smt. Sonia Gandhi ji sends a powerful message to six.5 crore Kannadigas:
“The Congress won’t enable anybody to pose a menace to Karnataka’s repute, sovereignty or integrity.” pic.twitter.com/W6HjKYWjLa
— Congress (@INCIndia) May 6, 2023
Nonetheless, Gandhi purportedly didn’t use the phrase ‘sovereignty’ or its Hindi equal, ‘Samprabhutha’, throughout her speech in Hindi at Hubballi.
In her speech, the previous Congress president had referred to the threats of repercussions from the BJP if the get together suffers a defeat within the Might 10 meeting election.
“In the present day the scenario is such that they (BJP) overtly give threats that in the event you don’t give them a victory, then the folks of Karnataka won’t get the blessings of Modi ji. They are saying that if the BJP loses, then there will likely be riots. I need to inform them in your behalf that to not suppose the folks of Karnataka are helpless. The folks of Karnataka don’t rely upon anybody’s blessings, however imagine in their very own onerous work and resolve. The folks of Karnataka will not be cowards,” she stated throughout her 12-minute lengthy speech.
Karandlaje, a Union minister, nevertheless, maintained that Gandhi had talked about sovereignty in her speech. “Sonia Gandhi has spoken about sovereignty. Sonia Gandhi and the Congress have taken the management of the Tukde-Tukde gang,” she advised reporters Monday.
On Sunday night, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had attacked the Congress on the difficulty throughout his speech at Nanjangud in Mysuru, about 150 km from Bengaluru.
“These folks (Congress) have come and stated that they need to shield the sovereignty of Karnataka. Sovereignty which suggests Karnataka’s ‘Samprabhuta’ (Hindi phrase for sovereignty). Have you learnt what this implies? They’ve been sitting in Parliament for thus a few years, they’ve taken their oath to the Indian Structure however say such issues. When any nation beneficial properties freedom, then that nation known as a sovereign state. The that means of what the Congress is saying is that they imagine that Karnataka is separate from India,” the prime minister claimed.
Subsequently, BJP leaders together with Bhupendra Yadav, Smriti Irani, and Tejasvi Surya hit out at Sonia Gandhi over the purported comment that’s being attributed to the previous Congress president.
Congress’ Royal Household has by no means failed in its bounden obligation to insult India, its sovereignty, & integrity.
Nonetheless, in Her Majesty Sonia Gandhi’s want to guard Karnataka’s ‘sovereignty,’ lies one other sinister try of Congress to interrupt Karnataka & seed separatism.
1/n pic.twitter.com/xLNU2ANngs
— Tejasvi Surya (@Tejasvi_Surya) May 8, 2023
“Congress’ Royal Household has by no means failed in its bounden obligation to insult India, its sovereignty, & integrity. Nonetheless, in Her Majesty Sonia Gandhi’s want to guard Karnataka’s ‘sovereignty,’ lies one other sinister try of Congress to interrupt Karnataka & seed separatism,” Surya stated in a submit on Twitter.
The Congress now grabs each probability to insult India, its traditions and cultures on each Indian soil and overseas, he claimed in one other tweet.
Union minister Kiren Rijiju, too, took potshots on the Congress, saying that the Britishers left again the Congress to divide the nation.
The Congress get together solely is aware of one factor – Divide and Rule.
However I do know all proud Kannadigas and Indian residents, Stand UNITED below the management PM @narendramodi ji.
अंग्रेज चले गये, लेकिन भारत को बाटने के लिए कांग्रेस छोड़ गये। pic.twitter.com/QJDabGFTSK
— Kiren Rijiju (@KirenRijiju) May 7, 2023
(Edited by Tony Rai)
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