Kapil Sibal defended Rahul Gandhi from BJP assaults over the touch upon Kerala voters (File)
New Delhi:
The “knowledge of the electors” must be revered – for “they know who to vote for and why” – Kapil Sibal mentioned Wednesday, because the senior Congress chief balanced criticism of Rahul Gandhi’s comment about Kerala voters with defending his colleague from the BJP’s hawkish assaults.
Mr Sibal, who’s amongst a small group to have brazenly questioned social gathering management because it lurches from one electoral defeat to a different, mentioned that whereas Rahul Gandhi might higher clarify his remark, the BJP’s allegations – that the Congress is attempting to “divide and rule” – had been “laughable”.
“I’m no one to touch upon what he (Mr Gandhi) mentioned. He mentioned it and he can clarify in what context he mentioned it… (however) we should respect electors within the nation and never denigrate their knowledge. They know who to vote for and why,” Mr Sibal informed information company ANI.
“(And) it’s laughable that that the BJP is saying the Congress is attempting to divide the nation. This can be a authorities that has divided individuals because it got here to energy in 2014,” he added.
On Tuesday Mr Gandhi – in Kerala to marketing campaign for Meeting polls – mentioned: “For the primary 15 years I used to be a MP within the north. I had received used to a distinct kind of politics. Coming to Kerala was very refreshing as immediately I discovered that individuals are keen on points… and never simply superficially…”
“There is intelligence with which you do your politics,” Mr Gandhi added.
The remark was pounced upon by the BJP, with union ministers mocking and reminding him that the voters in opposition to whom he was “spewing venom” had rejected him in Uttar Pradesh.
BJP chief JP Nadda was amongst those that tweeted and mentioned: “A number of days again he was within the northeast, spewing venom in opposition to the western a part of India. At the moment within the south he’s spewing venom in opposition to the north. Divide and rule politics will not work… Folks have rejected this politics…”
A number of days again he was within the Northeast, spewing venom in opposition to the western a part of India.
At the moment within the South he’s spewing venom in opposition to the North.
Divide and rule politics will not work, @RahulGandhi Ji!
Folks have rejected this politics. See what occurred in Gujarat right now! https://t.co/KbxZSJ4sdt
— Jagat Prakash Nadda (@JPNadda) February 23, 2021
The BJP’s assault on Mr Gandhi was fast and extreme, with union ministers S Jaishankar, Hardeep Singh Puri, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Dharmendra Pradhan and Kiren Rijiju all taking potshots, accusing him of attempting to “divide and rule” and labelling him “the person who ran to Kerala”.
Mr Gandhi is at the moment the Lok Sabha MP from Kerala’s Wayanad.
He was earlier the MP from UP’s Amethi – a Gandhi stronghold flipped by the BJP’s Smriti Irani in 2019. He contested from each seats, and solely retained his MP standing after successful within the former.
Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala right now additionally defended Rahul Gandhi, accusing the BJP of spreading a “toolkit” – a reference to the case in opposition to climate activist Disha Ravi, who’s accused of sedition – to divide the nation.
Mr Surjewala known as consideration to what he mentioned had been the true points earlier than the nation – falling GDP and the general state of an financial system that’s “just about in wreck”. He mentioned the true points additionally included the truth that individuals had “misplaced their proper” to dissent and specific themselves.
With enter from ANI, PTI
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