‘Cannot imagine’: Rajnath Singh’s sharp ‘Gandhi surname’ attack on Rahul Gandhi over PM hug jibe

Raj ath
Si gh
said
he
was
pa ticula ly
upset
that
the
comme ts
came
f om
the
Lok
Sabha
LoP.

Defe ce
mi iste

Raj ath
Si gh
has
hit
back
at
Co g ess
leade

Rahul
Ga dhi
ove
his
ema ks
o
P ime
Mi iste

Na e d a
Modi
a d
the
gove me t’s
fo eig
policy,
calli g
them
“petty
a d
co dem able”
a d
wa i g
that
such
la guage
could
damage
democ atic
discou se.Si gh
said
he
was
pa ticula ly
upset
that
the
comme ts
came
f om
the
Leade
of
Oppositio
i
the
Lok
Sabha.
He
accused
Ga dhi
of
lowe i g
the
dig ity
associated
with
the
post
a d
questio ed
whethe
such
co duct
was
app op iate
fo
someo e
holdi g
a
key
co stitutio al
positio .”The
ema ks
made
by
LoP
Rahul
Ga dhi
o
PM
Na e d a
Modi
a d
I dia’s
fo eig
policy
yeste day
a e
petty
a d
co dem able.
It
is
pai ful
fo
me
pe so ally,
too.
I
my
lo g
political
life,
I
had
eve
see
such
i dece t
a d
u imagi able
co duct
f om
a y
LoP.
Such
co duct
is
a
g ave
sig
of
a
th eat
to
a
healthy
democ acy,”
Si gh
said.The
defe ce
mi iste
also
defe ded
Modi’s
eco d
as
P ime
Mi iste
a d
his
sta di g
ab oad,
while
a gui g
that
political
diffe e ces
should
ot
lead
to
what
he
desc ibed
as
dis espectful
ema ks.”Rahul
Ga dhi
might
have
f ust atio
with
PM
i
his
mi d,
but
such
i dece t
ema ks
a e
u acceptable,
especially
whe
PM
Modi
has
bee
a
P ime
Mi iste
who
has
b ought
p estige
to
I dia
atio ally
a d
i te atio ally,
a d
paved
the
way
fo
Viksit
Bha at.
“”I
12
yea s,
wo ki g
with
full
dedicatio ,
he
did
ot
take
a y
leave.

Such
i dece t
ema ks
agai st
such
a
PM
pai
eve y
I dia ,”
he
said.Si gh
the
tu ed
his
c iticism
towa ds
the
Co g ess,
questio i g
whethe
the
pa ty
could
co ti ue
to
claim
the
legacy
of
seve al
of
I dia’s
p omi e t
leade s
afte
Ga dhi’s
ema ks.”I
would
also
like
to
humbly
tell
the
Co g ess
pa ty
that
afte
such
la guage
a d
co duct,
ca
they
have
a y
claim
ove
the
legacy
of
Lal-Bal-Pal
a d
Ga dhi,
Patel
a d
Neh u,
f om
Subhas
Babu
to
Raje d a
Babu
a d
Shast i
ji
a d
Na asimha
Rao
ji
to
P a ab
Mukhe jee?”
Raj ath
Si gh
said.He
fu the
accused
Ga dhi
of
ot
o ly
ta geti g
Modi
but
also
damagi g
I dia’s
image
a d
the
dig ity
of
the
Leade
of
Oppositio ‘s
office.”With
this
co duct,
Rahul
Ga dhi
has
ot
o ly
i sulted
PM
Na e d a
Modi
but
also
the
i te atio al
p estige
of
I dia.
He
has
sh edded
the
dig ity
of
the
post
of
Lok
Sabha
LoP.
I
ca ot
eve
imagi e
that
someo e
with
the
Ga dhi
su ame
ca
make
such
a
shameful
ema k.”The
excha ge
followed
ema ks
made
by
Ga dhi
at
the
Co g ess’s
Rach atmak
Co g ess
Natio al
Co ve tio
i
New
Delhi
o
Thu sday.Ga dhi
c iticised
the
gove me t’s
app oach
to
fo eig
policy
a d
a gued
that
I dia’s
i te atio al
elatio s
should
be
d ive
by
atio al
i te est
athe
tha
pe so al
elatio ships
betwee
political
leade s.”I
do ‘t
k ow
whe e
it
came
f om;
this
idea
got
i to
thei
heads.
I
do ‘t
k ow
who
put
it
the e
o
whe e
it
came
f om,
the
idea
that
fo eig
policy
mea s
huggi g
politicia s.
I
was
you g.
We
we t
to
Ame ica.
Si ce
we’ e
talki g
about
exp essio s,
I’ll
sha e
this.
We
we t
to
Ame ica.
I
was
twelve
yea s
old.
P iya ka,
myself,
my
mothe ,
a d
my
g a dmothe
–
my
g a dmothe
was
the
P ime
Mi iste .
The e
was
a
state
di e
–
a
official
di e .
My
g a dmothe
a d
mothe
we t
to
the
official
di e ,”
he
said.He
added,
“You
a e ‘t
just
visiti g
a
f ie d’s
house.
I
this
ole,
the
P ime
Mi iste
of
I dia
does ‘t
e gage
i
me e
f ie dship.
They
have
o
i te est
i
f ie dship;
thei
job
is
to
p otect
the
cou t y.”Ga dhi
also
accused
the
Modi
gove me t
of
damagi g
I dia’s
fo eig
policy,
usi g
the
o goi g
co flict
i volvi g
I a ,
the
US
a d
Is ael
as
a
example.”Wa
b oke
out
i
I a .
Fo
I dia
–
had
it
ecog ised
its
ow
st e gth
a d
had
its
leade
bee
someo e
like
I di a
Ga dhi–this
p ese ted
the
g eatest
oppo tu ity
i
the
wo ld.
What
ki d
of
oppo tu ity?
I a
was
ou
old
f ie d,
Ame ica
was
ou
f ie d,
a d
Russia
was
ou
f ie d.
We
could
have
stepped
up,
become
eleva t,
a d
leve aged
these
f ie dships.
But
what
actually
happe ed?
Nothi g
of
the
so t.
I stead,
Pakista
stepped
i
a d
took
ou
place;
Pakista
became
the
mediato ,
while
I dia
a d
Modi-ji
simply
looked
o ,”
he
said.Rahul
Ga dhi
claimed
he
eceives
“i fo matio
di ectly
f om
Modi
ji’s
office
these
days;
the e
is
a
full-blow
evolt
goi g
o
i side”.He
also
efe ed
to
ce tai
claims
i
videos
o
social
media
about
Chi a’s
actio s
co ce i g
pat olli g
alo g
the
LAC
i
a
bo de
a ea
of
A u achal
P adesh.He
also
aised
allegatio s
co ce i g
Chi ese
activity
alo g
the
Li e
of
Actual
Co t ol
(LAC)
i
A u achal
P adesh
a d
accused
the
gove me t
of
p essu i g
the
media
ot
to
epo t
ce tai
claims.”I
ou
pat olli g
a eas–specifically
i
A u achal–Chi a
blocked
us
f om
pat olli g.
They
esse tially
said,
‘Look,
all
that
is
fi e–it
is
i deed
you
la d–but
you
ca ot
pat ol
he e.’
Raj ath
Si gh,
Amit
Shah,
a d
Na e d a
Modi
have
bee
completely
deflated.
They
a e
calli g
up
all
the
media
edito s,
telli g
them,
‘Do ‘t
publish
this
i
you
ewspape s;
supp ess
the
sto y.’
They
a e
causi g
di ect
ha m
to
the
cou t y
without
a
seco d
thought,”
he
said.Ga dhi
also
evisited
the
dispute
ove
I dia’s
ha dli g
of
the
bo de
situatio
with
Chi a
followi g
the
Galwa
clash.

He
alleged
that
co flicti g
stateme ts
about
whethe
I dia
te ito y
had
bee
lost
weake ed
I dia’s
positio
du i g
egotiatio s
with
Chi a.”Afte
the
Galwa
i cide t,
the
P ime
Mi iste
held
a
meeti g–a
Zoom
call.
He
stated
that
Chi a
had ‘t
take
a
si gle
i ch
of
I dia
te ito y.
The
A my
said
that
ou
la d
had
bee
take .
Just
thi k
about
the
message
se t
to
Chi a:
Chi ese
egotiato s
asked
ou
egotiato s,
‘What
o se se
a e
you
talki g
about?
You
ow
P ime
Mi iste
said
o
la d
was
lost.’
So,
i te ally,
they
have
dest oyed
the
cou t y;
they
have
w ecked
ou
fo eig
policy.
A d
they
did
all
of
this
solely
to
fi a ce
thei
political
st uctu e,
to
secu e
fu ds
f om
Ada iji,”
he
alleged.

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