The senior BJP leader said, “Rahul Gandhi defamed the nation on foreign soil. He disrespected institutions.”
Union Minister Smriti Irani. (Photo: IANS)
Union Minister Smriti Irani on Wednesday launched a broadside against senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, accusing him of defaming the nation on foreign soil.
Addressing the press conference, the senior BJP leader said, “Rahul Gandhi defamed the nation on foreign soil. He disrespected institutions. Is humiliating India a democracy? Is disrespecting the chairman of the House a democracy? India demands an apology from Rahul Gandhi.”
Irani said Rahul not only attacked the magnificence of the Indian Parliament but also disrespected the institutions like the Supreme Court and Election Commission that were known to every citizen of the country.
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“I question Rahul Gandhi when the Gandhi family directs Congressmen and women to tear papers and throw them at the Speaker’s chair in the Lok Sabha…is that democracy?” she wondered.
“Today every Indian citizen demands an apology from the Indian parliament which is the voice of the Indian people, it is a constitutional reflection of the people. Instead of coming to Parliament and apologising for an undemocratic rant against India today, he seeks to be absent from Parliament,” she said.
While asking a question from Congress leader Irani said, “Rahul Gandhi claims that he does not have the access to conversations at Indian University, which for him was an indication of the death of democracy. If so, in 2016, when the slogan ‘Bharat tere tukde honge’ was raised at one of the universities in the national capital, you backed it, what was that?”
“Rahul Gandhi’s hatred for the Prime Minister is now hatred for the nation. He invoked foreign powers by visiting a country whose history has been to enslave India. While tearing down India’s democratic systems, he expressed regret that why foreign forces do not come and attack India,” Irani added.
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