‘You treat me as untouchable’: Kharge raises Haldwani ‘suddhikaran’ row in RS; BJP, Congress spar

Kha ge
loses
cool
i
RS
ove
Haldwa i
hawa ;
Nadda
co dem s
itual

NEW
DELHI:
Co g ess
p eside t
a d
leade
of
oppositio
i
the
Rajya
Sabha

Mallika ju
Kha ge
o
Thu sday
aised
the
alleged
“suddhika a ”
of
a
Haldwa i
g ou d
afte
his
ally.Kha ge
said
a
hawa
was
co ducted
at
the
Ram
Lila
G ou d
i
Haldwa i
afte
he
add essed
a
public
meeti g
the e,
allegi g
that
the
itual
was
ca ied
out
by
BJP
suppo te s
to
“pu ify”
the
ve ue.I
Rajya
Sabha,
Kha ge
said,
“I
was
i
Haldwa i
whe e
I
made
a
public
speech
at
Ramlila
Maida .
Lakhs
of
people
we e
the e.
At
that
time,
I
did
ot
me tio
the
ame
of
a y
commu ity
o
eligio ;
I
o ly
eite ated
the
issues
of
the
Govt.
But
afte
my
speech,
people
of
BJP
pe fo med
a
hava
the e
to
‘pu ify’
that
stage…Is
this
the
way
i
a
democ acy?
How
a e
you
p otecti g
the
Co stitutio ?
I
am
the
LoP…”

BJP
does ot
subsc ibe
to
such
activities:
Nadda

Leade
of
the
house
a d
U io
mi iste
JP
Nadda
co dem ed
the
epo ted
i cide t
a d
said
the
BJP
did
ot
suppo t
such
activities.
He
assu ed
Kha ge
that
the
matte
would
be
i vestigated.I
Rajya
Sabha,
Nadda
said,
“What
Kha ge
ji
said
is
eally
sad
–
ot
just
fo
Co g ess
pa ty
but
fo
all
of
us…BJP
does
ot
subsc ibe
to
such
activities.
Neve .
But
we
will
i vestigate
this.
I
assu e
you
that
whateve
happe ed
the e
will
ce tai ly
be
i vestigated.
But
I
would
like
to
make
it
clea
that
BJP
does
ot
subsc ibe
to
such
activities.
I
co dem
this.
Natio al
p eside t
will
look
i to
this.

It
is
a
matte
of
g eat
eg et
fo
all
of
us
that
you
se time ts
we e
hu t.”

‘Pu ificatio ’
itual
t igge s
political
ow

The
co t ove sy
bega
afte
membe s
of
the
Sh i
Ram
Se a
Dha
Ma th
Seva
Nyas
Sa gatha
co ducted
a
hawa
at
Haldwa i’s
Ram
Lila
G ou d
o
August
10,
two
days
afte
Kha ge’s
ally
at
the
ve ue.

Also
ead:

‘Pu ificatio ’
of
Haldwa i
Ram
Lila
g ou d
afte
Kha ge
ally
sti s
political
owMembe s
of
the
o ga isatio
said
the
g ou d
had
eligious
a d
cultu al
sig ifica ce
a d
objected
to
its
use
fo
political
eve ts.
They
also
alleged
that
co t ove sial
sloga s
we e
aised
du i g
Kha ge’s
August
8
add ess.Co g ess
state
p eside t
Ga esh
Godiyal
c iticised
the
itual
a d
accused
the
BJP
of
bei g
behi d
it,
while
also
questio i g
the
police
espo se.BJP
cabi et
mi iste
a d
state
spokespe so
Khaja
Das
de ied
a y
co ectio
with
the
o ga ise s
a d
te med
the
allegatio s
“baseless,
false,
a d
misleadi g.”Das
i stead
c iticised
the
sloga s
aised
du i g
the
Co g ess
ally,
sayi g
political
sloga ee i g
at
the
ve ue
had
hu t
Sa ata
se time ts.
He
accused
the
oppositio
of
attempti g
to
dive t
atte tio
f om
the
co t ove sy
by
aisi g
caste- elated
issues.