New Delhi: No question of an apology, the Congress has said over BJP’s demand for one from Rahul Gandhi for his critical comments about India’s democracy during his recent UK tour.
Congress leader and MP Shashi Tharoor said: “Rahul Gandhi hasn’t said anything that requires an apology. He expressed concern about the state of our democracy and attacks on it by the practices of the ruling government.”
Tharoor pointed out that what Rahul said was “milder than what Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said in foreign countries”. “He has constantly attacked the Congress party, previous government, and the alleged lack of progress before he came to power. This kind of discourse abroad was initiated by PM Modi, not by the Congress,” the Kerala MP said.
Meanwhile, both Houses of Parliament adjourned Tuesday over the BJP’s demand for an apology while the Opposition kept up the heat on a joint parliamentary probe into the Adani-Hindenburg issue.
The BJP has accused Rahul Gandhi of defaming the country by saying that Indian democracy was under attack and that leaders like him were constantly under surveillance.
On Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in Karnataka that some people “sitting in London have the gall to put on trial the mothr of all democracies and insult 130 crore fellow Indians”.
Rahul has hit back at all this, saying the Prime Minister has constantly discredited the country’s achievements after Independence.
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