shehzada jibe
New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday reacted strongly to Narendra Modi’s shehzada remark for Rahul Gandhi and warned that its workers were capable of stopping ‘undignified’ language but were restrained as they respected the law.
“The way Rahul Gandhi is being addressed and criticised by the use of language – words like shehzada is not dignified in a democracy. Congress workers are not reacting as they respect law. Otherwise, use of such words can be stopped. We don’t want such a situation,” Congress general secretary Janardan Dwivedi told reporters here.
He did not name Modi.
Speaking in Uttar Pradesh’s Jhansi on Friday, Modi referred to Gandhi as shehzada and attacked him for saying that Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) was in touch with Muslim youths of riot-hit Muzaffarnagar in the state.
Modi dared Gandhi to either reveal the identity of such people or apologise publicly for levelling ‘serious allegations’ and ‘defaming’ the entire community.
A day before, Gandhi, in his speech in Madhya Pradesh’s Sagar, talked about the Muzaffarnagar riots and attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for fomenting communal tension for political gains. (IANS)