New Delhi: The BJP demanded an apology from Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge in Parliament on Tuesday for ridiculing its contribution to the liberty battle and for calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi a “mouse”.
Talking within the Rajya Sabha, Chief of the Home Piyush Goyal mentioned: “He (Kharge) ought to apologise to the BJP, the Parliament and the folks of this nation who gave the BJP authorities an absolute majority. He has given us a glimpse of his mindset and jealousy.”
He added: “After independence, Mahatma Gandhi mentioned the Congress needs to be disbanded. Khargeji is a dwelling instance of that and is exhibiting the nation what Gandhiji mentioned was true… he’s a nationwide president who doesn’t know the way to converse. Until he apologises, he has no proper to be right here.”
Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi additionally strongly condemned Kharge’s feedback made on Monday, calling him a “rubber-stamp president of the Italian Congress”.
Joshi added: “I thought Mallikarjun Kharge had some widespread sense nevertheless it has been proved that he doesn’t.”
Kharge’s assertion was made at a Mahasabha of the Congress in Alwar, Rajasthan on Monday, on the sidelines of the Bharat Jodo Yatra. The Sabha was attended by Rahul Gandhi, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and different senior leaders of the occasion.
In his speech, Kharge had mentioned: “We (Congress) gave freedom to the nation and Indira and Rajiv Gandhi sacrificed their lives for the unity of the nation. Our occasion leaders gave their lives. What did you (BJP) do? Did even any of your canines die for the nation? Has any member of the family made any sacrifice? No!”
He had additionally attacked Prime Minister Modi and the BJP for remaining silent on the current border skirmish with Chinese language troops, questioning why the ruling occasion wouldn’t focus on it in Parliament.
“He (the PM) talks like a lion on the surface, however in actuality, he acts like a mouse inside. We’re with the nation however the authorities is hiding info,” Kharge had mentioned.
Kharge, nevertheless, wouldn’t again down in Parliament on Tuesday. Responding to Goyal in Rajya Sabha – the place he’s the Chief of the Congress – Kharge maintained that his comment was made exterior the Home and that there was no want to debate it in Parliament.
“What I mentioned throughout Bharat Jodo Yatra in Rajasthan’s Alwar was exterior the Home… not inside. There isn’t a want to debate that right here. Secondly, I can nonetheless say that that they had no position within the freedom battle,” Kharge mentioned.
He additional mocked the BJP: ‘“Maafi maangne waale log’ are asking individuals who fought the liberty battle to apologise… I mentioned Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi sacrificed themselves. Who amongst you gave your life for the unity of this nation?”
In the meantime, Lok Sabha proceedings have been additionally adjourned for half an hour on Tuesday over Kharge’s feedback, quickly after it convened at 11 am.
The treasury benches raised the problem and a heated trade adopted between Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal and Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury.
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