The disqualification of Rahul Gandhi, one in a series of flashpoints between the Congress party and the ruling BJP, has united the opposition parties relentlessly accusing the Centre of diverting attention from the Adani issue by taking a hasty decision to disqualify Rahul Gandhi.
Rijiju reacted to Congress leader Digvijay Singh's tweet which thanked the German Foreign Affairs Ministry and Richard Walker for taking note of how Democracy is being compromised in India through the persecution of Rahul Gandhi.
The union minister targeted the Congress leader over his conviction in a 2019 criminal defamation case by a Surat court in connection with his "Modi surname" remarks case.