Rahul Gandhi is a victim of his own actions: Assam CM on Congress leader’s disqualification
The Hindu
The Congress leader could have avoided repercussions if he had tendered an apology after a speech in Karnataka where he allegedly abused an “OBC community”, he said.
GUWAHATI
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had himself to blame for his disqualification as an MP after being sentenced to two years in jail by a Surat court.
Had Mr. Gandhi not binned an ordinance introduced by the Manmohan Singh government in 2013 against the immediate disqualification of lawmakers, he would not have faced such a situation, the Chief Minister told journalists on Saturday.
“What can we do if karma strikes him back?” Mr. Sarma said.
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The Congress leader, he said, could have avoided repercussions if he had tendered an apology after a speech in Karnataka where he allegedly abused an “OBC (Other Backward Class) community”.
Mr. Sarma said public leaders are prone to slips of tongue.