In Karnataka also, Youth Congress Workers hold a 'Mashal March' in Bengaluru against the Central government in the wake of the disqualification of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi from Lok Sabha.
Reacting to Congress' allegations against Rahul Gandhi's disqualification as a Lok Sabha MP, Union Minister Anurag Thakur said that Gandhi is the epitome of unparliamentary behaviour and today people of Wayanad have got rid of him.
Former Law Minister Ashwani Kumar on Friday raised a question on the disqualification of Rahul Gandhi as Lok Sabha MP and said that the decision raises a larger question about the harshness and disproportionality of the consequences of a two-year sentence upon conviction.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who is currently on a visit to his Lok Sabha constituency Wayanad in Kerala, on Tuesday said it is his top priority to work for the betterment of the people and the place which is like a "home" to him.
This comes after the BJP including senior Union Ministers lashed out at Rahul Gandhi over his remarks on Indian democracy in the UK alleging that the Congress leader attacked India on foreign soil.
Hitting out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his recent remarks in the United Kingdom, Union Minister Smriti Irani on Thursday said the Wayanad MP defamed the nation on foreign soil.
Reiterating the Bharatiya Janata Party's demand for an apology from Rahul Gandhi for critical speeches about Indian democracy abroad, party leader Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday said that the Wayanad MP still has no remorse for his remarks.