NEW DELHI: BJP on Wednesday launched a fierce attack on Congress over former Union minister Salman Khurshid’s reported remark about the possibility of India facing a situation similar to one unfolding in Bangladesh.
Former Union minister Anurag Thakur said the Congress neta’s remark had laid bare Congress’s wish and intent to create anarchy. “Their actions and words inside Parliament and outside it have exposed their frustration over the third consecutive defeat.They are hell bent upon creating unrest and push the country into anarchy,” Thakur said.
At a book release function on Tuesday evening, Khurshid was quoted as saying that though “everything may look normal on the surface, what is happening in Bangladesh could happen in India”.
“Congress has been repeatedly trying to create a crisis in the country, sometimes before the elections and sometimes post-elections. They are frustrated and will do anything to push the country, a bright global spot, backwards due to political vendetta. The statement is an invitation to anarchy and shows the anti-democratic outlook of the a party which talks about the Constitution,” Thakur told reporters.
His colleagues, Rajiv Pratap Rudy and Sambit Patra also joined in the attack.
The sharp response coincides with growing apprehension in govt and BJP quarters over what they call a plot to organise disruptions by engineering protests. Home minister Amit Shah had late last month cautioned BJP CMs against plots to organise protests by farmers and others.
Patra said Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who was present at the book launch event along with Khurshid, kept mum about his colleague’s objectionable statement. “This is a serious issue. When we are witnessing such a situation in neighbouring countries, the main opposition party Congress wants the same situation in India,” he told reporters outside Parliament. He also referred to Rahul Gandhi’s “objectionable” remarks during his visits abroad.
Rudy dubbed Khurshid’s comments as “anarchist”. “He is a member of CWC, this is an anarchist statement, I think it is a kind of sedition. It’s unfortunate Congress is resorting to such anarchist statements to hide its failure.”
Former Union minister Anurag Thakur said the Congress neta’s remark had laid bare Congress’s wish and intent to create anarchy. “Their actions and words inside Parliament and outside it have exposed their frustration over the third consecutive defeat.They are hell bent upon creating unrest and push the country into anarchy,” Thakur said.
At a book release function on Tuesday evening, Khurshid was quoted as saying that though “everything may look normal on the surface, what is happening in Bangladesh could happen in India”.
“Congress has been repeatedly trying to create a crisis in the country, sometimes before the elections and sometimes post-elections. They are frustrated and will do anything to push the country, a bright global spot, backwards due to political vendetta. The statement is an invitation to anarchy and shows the anti-democratic outlook of the a party which talks about the Constitution,” Thakur told reporters.
His colleagues, Rajiv Pratap Rudy and Sambit Patra also joined in the attack.
The sharp response coincides with growing apprehension in govt and BJP quarters over what they call a plot to organise disruptions by engineering protests. Home minister Amit Shah had late last month cautioned BJP CMs against plots to organise protests by farmers and others.
Patra said Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who was present at the book launch event along with Khurshid, kept mum about his colleague’s objectionable statement. “This is a serious issue. When we are witnessing such a situation in neighbouring countries, the main opposition party Congress wants the same situation in India,” he told reporters outside Parliament. He also referred to Rahul Gandhi’s “objectionable” remarks during his visits abroad.
Rudy dubbed Khurshid’s comments as “anarchist”. “He is a member of CWC, this is an anarchist statement, I think it is a kind of sedition. It’s unfortunate Congress is resorting to such anarchist statements to hide its failure.”