Rahul Gandhi Information: Chief of Opposition within the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Saturday broke his silence on the flak he acquired from the Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP) over his remarks on Sikhs throughout his current go to to the US. Responding to the criticism, Gandhi accused the BJP of spreading lies about his current remarks and requested Sikhs whether or not there was something unsuitable with what he had mentioned and if India should not be a rustic the place each Indian may apply their faith with out worry.
The previous Congress chief mentioned that the saffron get together was determined to silence him as a result of they might not stand the reality. In a submit on X, Gandhi mentioned, “The BJP has been spreading lies about my remarks in America. I need to ask each Sikh brother and sister in India and overseas — is there something unsuitable in what I’ve mentioned? Should not India be a rustic the place each Sikh — and each Indian — can freely practise their faith with out worry?”.
“As typical, the BJP is resorting to lies. They’re determined to silence me as a result of they can’t stand the reality. However I’ll all the time communicate up for the values that outline India: our unity in variety, equality, and love,” he said. Gandhi additionally shared a brief clip of his remarks within the US that exhibits him referring to a Sikh man. His response got here after the BJP on Saturday cited a joint assertion of a number of Sikh teams to ask him to withdraw his assertion, which it alleged had created an environment of worry within the nation.
The BJP has been spreading lies about my remarks in America.
I need to ask each Sikh brother and sister in India and overseas – is there something unsuitable in what I’ve mentioned? Should not India be a rustic the place each Sikh – and each Indian – can freely apply their faith… pic.twitter.com/sxNdMavR1X
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) September 21, 2024
Talking to reporters, BJP chief Manjinder Singh Sirsa mentioned that a number of Sikh and Gurdwara administration our bodies had met Union Minister of State for Dwelling Nityanand Rai over the problem and that he asserted the sacrifices of the Sikhs had made the nation sturdy.
Addressing a gathering of Indian-Individuals in Herndon, a Virginia suburb of Washington, DC, Gandhi had mentioned, “To start with, it’s a must to perceive what the struggle is about. The struggle is just not about politics. That’s superficial.”
The senior Congress chief requested one of many Sikh attendees within the entrance rows to offer his identify. “What’s your identify, brother with the turban?” he had requested. “The struggle 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 he, as a Sikh, goes to have the ability to go to a gurdwara. That is what the struggle is about. And never only for him, for all religions,” he had mentioned.
(With PTI Inputs)
