BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Friday shared a letter by former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi to former US President Ronald Reagan, and attacked Congress, alleging Gandhi's role in atrocities against Sri Lankan Tamils.
Speaking to the mediapersons, Raut said, "Look, people say that the Emergency imposed is a black day for the democracy and the constitution of the country. We do not believe this. Balasaheb Thackeray openly supported the Emergency. The day Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated in this country was
In a post on X, Dubey said, "Iron Lady Indira Ji, Jairam Ramesh Ji, for your information, in 1971 when Indira Gandhi Ji reached Washington to meet the US President Nixon, President Nixon made her sit in his waiting room for 1 hour."
"Serious questions are being raised in the investigation. The Nehru-Gandhi family and the Congress party will have to give clear answers. If they feel their answers are correct, they should answer legally," Kohli told ANI.
He cited memoirs of notable figures such as Sardar Patel and CB Gupta, which reference criticisms of Nehru's actions by other leaders like Purshottam Das Tandon and Acharya Narendra Dev.
Delhi BJP chief Virendraa Sachdeva on Wednesday took a dig at the Nehru-Gandhi family, alleging that they had nurtured and promoted those accused in the 1984 riots after Rouse Avenue Court in Delhi convicted former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar for his role in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
"I feel sad about the fact that Congress tried to play politics on the demise of Dr Manmohan Singh. Will the Nehru-Gandhi family stoop so low that they play politics in the name of Dr Manmohan Singh and his death? Rahul Gandhi should apologise to the nation," said Anurag Thakur.
Former prime minister Manmohan Singh was accorded a state funeral with full military honours at the Nigam Bodh Ghat, a public cremation ground in north Delhi, on Saturday.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari on Sunday launched a scathing attack on the Congress, saying their vision is to "destroy the Constitution" while Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision is focused on the development of the country.
BSP chief Mayawati on Sunday slammed Congress, saying that it did not want the backward classes in the country to get advanced. She criticised the previous Congress governments for not implementing the Mandal Commission report which recommended 27% reservation for Other Backward Classes (
The BJP has levelled allegations saying that the Nehru-Gandhi family may have compromised India's strategic interests to benefit their extended family's financial and entrepreneurial ventures, as well as align with global power networks.
Addressing a public gathering here today, Shah said that the grip of the Abdullah, Mufti, and Nehru-Gandhi families on the region has been broken. The youth in this region now hold laptops, instead of stones.