Attacking Rahul Gandhi for dubbing Digvijaya Singh's "surgical strike proof" remark as his "personal views", Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday alleged that Congress resorts to these tactics "whenever the party is trapped" due to its leaders' statements against the Armed Forces.
BJP leader and Member of Parliament Ravi Shankar Prasad lashed out at Congress leader Digvijaya Singh for raising questions about the 2019 surgical strikes, saying that such statements boost the morale of the masters of terror.
Maurya, considered a prominent OBC leader in Uttar Pradesh had on Sunday sought a ban on the work composed by the 16-century poet-saint Tulsidas alleging that Dalits and women have been "insulted" in the epic poem based on the Ramayana.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday refused to speak about Digvijay Singh's comment that there is no proof of the surgical strike and stated that Congress has always worked for the unity of the country.
"We have already clarified that the party stands with the Army. We have always been working for the country and will keep doing the same. We have immense respect for our Army," said Congress President Kharge.
MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan hits back at Congress leader Digvijaya Singh for raising questions over the surgical strike in Pakistan's Balakot after the Pulwama attack in 2019.
After Maurya courted a controversy alleging that certain verses of the Ramcharitmanas promoted "social discrimination", several party leaders on Monday opposed his remarks saying that his remark has nothing to do with the "party".
The Samajwadi Party leader Swami Prasad Maurya on Sunday, sparked a major controversy after he demanded the deletion of "insulting comments and sarcasm" targeted at particular castes and sects in Ramcharitmanas, a poem based on the epic Ramayana.
The Kanchipuram district police arrested a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) functionary for putting up derogatory remarks about Chief Minister MK Stalin and his family.
Political analyst and Congress supporter Tehseen Poonawalla on Monday, in an apparent attack on Congress leader Digvijay Singh, termed his remarks over the surgical strike a 'self-goal' for the party.