Mumbai: Staff and leaders of Maharashtra BJP on Friday held state-wide protests in opposition to Congress chief Rahul Gandhi over his remarks on reservation throughout his go to to the US.
Whereas Maharashtra BJP president Chandrashekhar Bawankule mentioned it was essential to stage a protest to inform folks about Gandhi’s mentality in opposition to reservation, Congress chief Balasaheb Thorat accused the saffron get together of spreading pretend information and doing “nautanki” (drama).
Gandhi, who’s within the US, informed college students of Georgetown College that the Congress would consider scrapping reservations when “India is a good place”, which he mentioned is just not the case proper now.
Throughout a information convention on the Nationwide Press Membership in Washington, the Chief of Opposition alleged that democracy in India for the final 10 years was damaged, however now it’s combating again.
The BJP introduced a state-wide protest over Gandhi’s “anti-reservation” remarks.
In Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra Housing Minister Atul Save staged an indication with get together employees, carrying placards and elevating slogans in opposition to Gandhi.
Through the protest in Mumbai, BJP’s Dahisar MLA Manisha Chowdhary claimed the Congress has been opposing reservations from the times of late Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru to Rahul Gandhi.
Gandhi’s “anti-reservation” stand is uncovered, she mentioned.
Slamming the BJP for staging protests, Thorat accused the get together of spreading pretend information and doing “nautanki” (drama).
He additional identified that Gandhi, in his remarks, by no means mentioned reservations can be executed away with.
“What are BJP leaders protesting for? They do not even really feel the necessity to confirm data. However folks won’t be swayed by their pretend narrative. Folks know that it’s the BJP that’s anti-Structure and anti-reservation,” Thorat wrote in a publish on X.
