‘Will drag Rahul Gandhi to court’: BJP slams LoP over his remarks on Sikhs

Reacting sharply to Rahul Gandhi’s remarks on “Sikhs,” the BJP on September 10 challenged the senior Congress leader to repeat in India what he said about the Sikhs in Virginia and warned that the saffron party will file a case against the LoP

Reacting to Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi's remarks on "Sikhs," the Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday (September 10, 2024) challenged the senior Congress leader to repeat in India what he said about the Sikhs in Virginia and warned that the saffron party will file a case against the LoP.

BJP leader R.P. Singh on Tuesday slammed Mr. Gandhi and said that 3000 Sikhs were massacred in Delhi and it happened when Congress was in power in 1984.

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"3000 Sikhs were massacred in Delhi; their turbans were taken off, their hair was chopped off and beard was shaved...He (Rahul Gandhi) doesn't say that this happened when they (Congress) were in power...I challenge Rahul Gandhi to repeat in India what he is saying about Sikhs, and then I will file a case against him and will drag him to court," said Mr. Singh.

Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan reminded Mr. Gandhi of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee and said that when the late PM was in the Opposition, he never tried to malign the image of the country.

"Rahul Gandhi is the LoP and the position of LoP is a responsible position. I want to remind Rahul Gandhi that when Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the LoP, in a foreign land, he never tried to malign the image of the country. Due to being defeated consecutively for the third time, anti-BJP, anti-RSS and anti-Modi sentiments have taken root in his mind...He is constantly trying to malign the image of the country. Maligning the image of the country is equivalent to treason...Who attacked the Constitution? Who imposed the emergency? He goes on a Bharat Jodo Yatra but he is unable to unite neither with India nor with the people of India," Mr. Chouhan said.

BJP MP Praveen Khandelwal reacted to Mr. Gandhi's statement and said that the people who are involved in corruption, scams and misusing the resources of the country get scared.