Manipur leaders made to take off shoes at Amit Shah's house, alleges Rahul Gandhi
India Today
Rahul Gandhi demanded an apology from Amit Shah while narrating how a political leader from Manipur told him that he felt insulted over allegedly being asked to take off shoes when he went to meet the home minister.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's claim on Wednesday that a delegation of leaders from Manipur was asked to take off their shoes at Home Minister Amit Shah's residence while he himself was wearing footwear evoked a sharp response from the treasury benches.
Union Minister Piyush Goyal alleged that Gandhi has "attacked" religious traditions by his "very ridiculous" charge against the home minister.
Speaking first from the Opposition side in the Lok Sabha during the debate on the Motion of Thanks on the President's address, Gandhi demanded an apology from Shah while narrating how a political leader from Manipur told him that he felt insulted over allegedly being asked to take off shoes when he went to meet the home minister.
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It represents the idea of a Union of states versus the "idea of a king", the former Congress chief alleged.
"A few days ago, some political leader, I am not going to name, came to me from Manipur. He was very agitated. I said 'why are you agitated my brother' and he said 'Rahul Ji I have never felt as insulted as I have been a few days ago'."
Gandhi said the leader told him that a delegation of senior leaders from Manipur went to see the home minister.