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Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday stated he and the Congress don’t agree with Singh’s feedback on surgical strikes and that the armed forces don’t want to present any proof (Picture: @Congress/Twitter)
BJP chief and former Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad stated the Congress has a behavior of projecting uncomfortable views of its leaders as their private views and requested if there’s any restrict to such opinion
Why did Rahul Gandhi take so lengthy to publicly declare his respect for the armed forces, the BJP requested on Tuesday, slamming the previous Congress chief for dismissing Digvijaya Singh’s controversial feedback on surgical strikes as his “private opinion”.
It additionally requested the Congress to make its stand clear on the problems of terrorism and nationwide safety.
As Gandhi snubbed his occasion colleague Digvijaya Singh for elevating questions on surgical strikes because the BJP seized the row to nook the opposition occasion, BJP chief and former Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad stated the Congress has a behavior of projecting uncomfortable views of its leaders as their private views and requested if there’s any restrict to such opinion.
“The query is what’s the normal of those leaders relating to respecting our armed forces. Indians don’t search proof of their heroics however salute them,” Prasad advised reporters, noting that Singh has a historical past of taking controversial stands, be it visiting households of suspected terrorists killed within the Batla Home encounter or praising radical Islamic preacher Zakir Naik.
Attacking Gandhi for his “vacillating” stand on armed forces, he additionally cited a few of his earlier remarks, together with a current remark in Dausa through the Bharat Jodo Yatra questioning the federal government’s dealing with of the border standoff with China and declare that the Chinese language have been “beating up” Indian troopers.
He had used the “khoon ki dalali” barb after the 2016 surgical strikes to assault the Modi authorities and gone to the Jawaharlal Nehru College (JNU) to increase ethical assist to “tukde tukde gang”, Prasad advised reporters.
Why it took him so a few years to say publicly that he respects armed forces, the BJP chief requested. He ought to have additionally stated “sorry” for what he had stated earlier, Prasad added.
He additionally took a dig at Congress chief Jairam Ramesh for bodily stopping a journalist from asking inquiries to Singh on his assertion in regards to the surgical strikes and the 2019 Pulwama terror assault during which 40 CRPF personnel have been killed.
Gandhi on Tuesday stated he and the Congress don’t agree with Singh’s feedback on surgical strikes and that the armed forces don’t want to present any proof. It’s ridiculous, he stated on the remarks.
“I don’t agree with the assertion of Digvijaya Singh. It’s crystal clear that we disagree with it. It’s the official place of the Congress,” Gandhi advised reporters in Jammu and Kashmir.
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