AICC
ge e al
sec eta y
KC
Ve ugopal
o
Su day
u ged
Co g ess
leade s
to
exe cise
cautio
while
maki g
public
stateme ts,
sayi g
ema ks
that
c iticise
Rahul
Ga dhi
could
be efit
the
BJP.
Ve ugopal
was
espo di g
to
questio s
about
se io
Co g ess
leade
Shashi
Tha oo ‘s
epo ted
comme ts
o
Rahul
Ga dhi’s
‘Chhat o
Ki
Goo j& squo;
p og amme
a d
its
eso a ce
amo g
Ge
Z.
“I
have
o ly
see
his
stateme t
epo ted
th ough
some
media
cha els.
As
fa
as
I
k ow,
I
have ‘t
bee
able
to
hea
exactly
what
he
said,& dquo;
Ve ugopal
said,
addi g
that
Tha oo
should
be
asked
di ectly
about
his
ema ks.
Ve ugopal
Defe ds
Rahul& squo;s
Ge
Z
Out each
Ve ugopal
said
Co g ess
leade s
eeded
to
e su e
thei
stateme ts
did
ot
i adve te tly
help
the
BJP.
“Eve
if
Co g ess
membe s
do
ot
always
st ictly
abide
by
pa ty
f amewo ks
o
discipli e,
we
must
be
ca eful
to
avoid
maki g
stateme ts
that
me ely
appease
the
BJP,& dquo;
he
said.
“The
BJP
will
be
delighted
if
someo e
fi ds
fault
with
Rahul
Ga dhi
o
says
two
egative
thi gs
about
him—it
would
be
the
happiest
thi g
fo
them,& dquo;
he
added.
Howeve ,
Ve ugopal
said
he
did
ot
believe
Tha oo
had
delibe ately
made
such
comme ts.
“All
of
us
should
take
ca e,
whethe
k owi gly
o
u k owi gly—a d
I
do ‘t
believe
he
said
it
k owi gly,
o
is
he
likely
to
say
it
i te tio ally—to
ef ai
f om
maki g
such
ema ks,& dquo;
he
said.
‘Real
Ge
Z& squo;
Atte ded
Rahul& squo;s
Allahabad
Eve t
Defe di g
Rahul
Ga dhi’s
stude t
out each
p og amme,
Ve ugopal
said
the
eve t
i
Allahabad
wit essed
pa ticipatio
f om
what
he
desc ibed
as
I dia’s
“ eal
Ge
Z& dquo;.
He
alleged
that
Utta
P adesh
Chief
Mi iste
Yogi
Aditya ath
a d
P ime
Mi iste
Na e d a
Modi
had
attempted
to
dis upt
the
eve t.
“Yogi
Aditya ath
a d
P ime
Mi iste
Na e d a
Modi
t ied
thei
best
to
dis upt
that
eve t
i
Allahabad.
They
eve
sp ead
huma
waste
alo g
the
path
leadi g
to
the
ve ue,& dquo;
he
alleged.
Ve ugopal
fu the
claimed
that
the
ve ue
was
i itially
de ied
afte
alleged
p essu e
o
the
college
ma ageme t
a d
was
late
allowed,
while
u sa ita y
co ditio s
we e
c eated
alo g
the
oute.
“But
what
was
the
sce e
wit essed
the e
yeste day,
i
Allahabad?
Those
we e
ot
typical
Co g ess
wo ke s,
Youth
Co g ess,
o
NSUI
membe s.
That
was
I dia’s
eal
Ge
Z,& dquo;
he
said.
He
added
that
simila
pa ticipatio
was
wit essed
i
Kota
a d
Deh adu .
Ve ugopal
also
highlighted
Rahul
Ga dhi’s
suppo t
fo
stude ts
who
allegedly
faced
police
actio
du i g
p otests.
“You
might
have
see
who
was
the
fi st
to
p ese t
the
stude t
affected
by
pellet
gu s
to
the
public?
Rahul
Ga dhi,& dquo;
he
said.
“Whe
female
stude ts
we e
beate
up
ece tly—beate
up
by
male
police
office s—who
p ese ted
those
female
stude ts?
Rahul
Ga dhi,& dquo;
he
added.
What
Tha oo
Said
Tha oo
had
o
F iday,
while
speaki g
at
a
eve t
i
Maha asht a,
ack owledged
that
Rahul
Ga dhi’s
‘Chhat o
Ki
Goo j& squo;
allies
had
ot
eso ated
as
st o gly
as
the
Cock oach
Ja ata
Pa ty
p otests
at
Ja ta
Ma ta .
Asked
whethe
the
allies
had
failed
to
eso ate
as
much,
Tha oo
said,
“Co ect.
A d
that& squo;s
why
we
eed
to
ask
ou selves
what
we
failed
to
do.& dquo;
He
questio ed
whethe
the
Co g ess
had
failed
to
liste
to
people
o
“tap
i to& dquo;
the
pulse
of
Ge
Z.
O
Satu day,
Tha oo
said
the
media
was
i te p eti g
his
ema ks
as
a
attack
o
his
ow
pa ty
o
its
leade ship.
He
cla ified
that
his
b oade
poi t
was
that
political
pa ties
must
ope
thei
doo s
a d
c eate
pathways
fo
the
ext
ge e atio
to
gai
the
powe
to
shape
politics.
