NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP) on Tuesday strongly criticized Rahul Gandhi‘s feedback about Sikhs throughout his go to to the USA, and accused the Congress chief of selling a harmful narrative whereas overseas.
Addressing a press convention, Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri stated that the Modi authorities has gone out of its approach to safeguard the neighborhood’s curiosity.
“Out of the blue, he says that the Sikh neighborhood in Bharat has a sure anxiousness that they can not tie a turban. I’ve been carrying a turban for 60 years. This authorities has gone out of its approach to safeguard the pursuits of Sikhs, and I do not assume that’s the case. I do not consider Sikhs have felt safer and extra honored than at any time in our historical past after 1947. If there was a time in our historical past when now we have felt anxiousness, a way of insecurity, and even an existential risk, it has been when Rahul Gandhi’s household has been in positions of energy,” Puri stated.
“In 1984, a progrom was carried out in opposition to the Sikh neighborhood. 3,000 harmless individuals have been killed; individuals have been dragged out of their houses, and tires have been put round them they usually have been burned alive,” he added.
Earlier right this moment in Virginia, the chief of opposition in Lok Sabha stated that the battle is about whether or not a Sikh, goes to be allowed to put on a turban in India and would have the ability to go to a Gurdwara.
“Initially, it’s important to perceive what the battle is about. The battle shouldn’t be about politics. It’s superficial. What’s your identify? The battle is about whether or not… he, as a Sikh, goes to be allowed to put on his turban in India. Or he, as a Sikh, goes to be allowed to put on a kada in India. Or a Sikh goes to have the ability to go to Gurdwara. That is what the battle is about and never only for him, for all religions,” Rahul stated.
BJP chief RP Singh vehemently condemned Rahul Gandhi’s statements, reminding him of the 1984 Sikh bloodbath in Delhi, which occurred below Congress rule.
Singh challenged Gandhi to repeat his feedback about Sikhs in India, threatening to file a case in opposition to him and take him to court docket if he did so.
Rahul Gandhi, at present on a go to to the USA, arrived in Dallas on Sunday. Throughout his journey, he engaged with college students and college on the College of Texas and addressed members of the Indian diaspora in each Dallas and Virginia.
Addressing a press convention, Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri stated that the Modi authorities has gone out of its approach to safeguard the neighborhood’s curiosity.
“Out of the blue, he says that the Sikh neighborhood in Bharat has a sure anxiousness that they can not tie a turban. I’ve been carrying a turban for 60 years. This authorities has gone out of its approach to safeguard the pursuits of Sikhs, and I do not assume that’s the case. I do not consider Sikhs have felt safer and extra honored than at any time in our historical past after 1947. If there was a time in our historical past when now we have felt anxiousness, a way of insecurity, and even an existential risk, it has been when Rahul Gandhi’s household has been in positions of energy,” Puri stated.
“In 1984, a progrom was carried out in opposition to the Sikh neighborhood. 3,000 harmless individuals have been killed; individuals have been dragged out of their houses, and tires have been put round them they usually have been burned alive,” he added.
Earlier right this moment in Virginia, the chief of opposition in Lok Sabha stated that the battle is about whether or not a Sikh, goes to be allowed to put on a turban in India and would have the ability to go to a Gurdwara.
“Initially, it’s important to perceive what the battle is about. The battle shouldn’t be about politics. It’s superficial. What’s your identify? The battle is about whether or not… he, as a Sikh, goes to be allowed to put on his turban in India. Or he, as a Sikh, goes to be allowed to put on a kada in India. Or a Sikh goes to have the ability to go to Gurdwara. That is what the battle is about and never only for him, for all religions,” Rahul stated.
BJP chief RP Singh vehemently condemned Rahul Gandhi’s statements, reminding him of the 1984 Sikh bloodbath in Delhi, which occurred below Congress rule.
Singh challenged Gandhi to repeat his feedback about Sikhs in India, threatening to file a case in opposition to him and take him to court docket if he did so.
Rahul Gandhi, at present on a go to to the USA, arrived in Dallas on Sunday. Throughout his journey, he engaged with college students and college on the College of Texas and addressed members of the Indian diaspora in each Dallas and Virginia.
