BJP Calls Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Traitor’ Remark Against PM Modi ‘Language of Terrorists’ After Rae Bareli Speech
New Delhi: The BJP launched a sharp attack on Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday after he urged Congress workers in Uttar Pradesh’s Rae Bareli to tell RSS workers that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, and the RSS itself are “traitors.”
Addressing Congress workers, Gandhi said: “When you go back home, when these RSS workers come to you, they will talk about Narendra Modi, they will talk about Amit Shah. You look them in the face and say, ‘Your Prime Minister is a traitor, your home minister is a traitor, your organisation is a traitor. You have worked to sell out India. You have attacked our organisation, our Constitution, BR Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi.’ Tell them this.”
Gandhi also took to X to criticise PM Modi over a viral video showing him presenting Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni with a pack of Melody candy a reference to the popular internet portmanteau ‘Melodi’ during his visit to Italy. “An economic storm is raging and our Prime Minister is busy handing out candies in Italy. Farmers, youth, women, labourers, and small traders are all in tears – the PM is laughing and making reels, while the BJP folks are clapping along. This isn’t leadership, it’s a farce,” Gandhi wrote.
BJP Responds
Union Minister Giriraj Singh said Gandhi’s remarks proved he wanted to stoke unrest in the country. “Rahul Gandhi’s language has become like that of an enemy nation. Rahul Gandhi speaks in a way that only an adversarial country would speak. The world already knows India’s economy. It does not need a certificate from Rahul Gandhi. Today, Rahul Gandhi wants unrest in the country, but he should not forget that the people of this country and the youth stand with PM Narendra Modi and Amit Shah,” Singh said.
BJP National Spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari alleged Gandhi’s language mirrored that of Pakistan and Pakistan-supported terrorists. “Rahul Gandhi is calling all 140 crore Indians traitors. His language mirrors that of Pakistan and Pakistan-supported terrorists, as such statements can only be made by them. Rahul Gandhi has proved that his intention is not that of a political opponent but of someone who wants to fight the Indian state,” Bhandari said.
Senior BJP leader and MP Anurag Thakur alleged the Congress had undertaken the task of dismantling the Constitution. “The very actions Rahul Gandhi speaks of today were, in fact, carried out by Indira Gandhi when she imposed the Emergency. If anyone saved the Indian people, it was Babasaheb Ambedkar. Yet, it was the Congress party that subjected that very Babasaheb Ambedkar to humiliation,” he said. Thakur added: “Using such derogatory language is simply their modus operandi. Be it the war of 1965 or the Emergency, the RSS has always stepped forward to lead the way. Whether it is the EVMs or the Election Commission abusing PM Modi and hurling insults at the RSS has now become their standard practice.”