Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak on Friday slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for criticising one's own country on foreign soil saying that people of India shall not accept his remarks.
Congress leader Pawan Khera on Friday defended Rahul Gandhi for his "completely secular" remarks for the Indian Muslim League party stating that the current Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government lack knowledge of Indian politics.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, during an interaction with journalists at the National Press Club in Washington DC on Thursday, claimed that the 'Muslim League is a "completely secular party".
The CBI filed the charge sheet on May 20 in Rouse Avenue Court. This case is connected with the killing of three persons in the Pul Bangash area on November 1, 1984.
Responding to a question on the Congress's alliance with Muslim League in Kerala, Rahul said, "Muslim League is a completely secular party, there is nothing non-secular about them. I think the person (reporter) hasn't studied the Muslim League."
"No Indian will appreciate such actions. Only the Congress party endorses and engages in such conduct. Back home, they do not find any platform to do so. So, they gather hundreds of people in a room abroad and make misleading claims about their country. This isn't something one would see any
"...I asked a rhetorical question... I am the first person in India to be given the highest punishment for a defamation case, in history, since 1947. Nobody has been given a maximum sentence that too on the first offence. That should explain what's going on to you and my disqualification
"There is definitely a weakening of press freedom in India. It is apparent in India and the rest of the world can see it too. Press freedom is very critical for a democracy. One should be open to criticism. There is a clampdown on the institutional framework that allowed India to talk and
Coming down heavily on Rahul Gandhi's 'Mohabbat Ka Paigam in Nafrat Ka Bazaar' slogan, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday said that the recently released figures of the country's GDP growth rate belie the Congress leader's claims about the market of hatred.
"I was the first person to be given a criminal sentence for defamation and the maximum sentence to be disqualified from the parliament. I didn't imagine something like this was possible. But I think it has given me a huge opportunity, probably much bigger than the opportunity I would have