Jyotiraditya Scindia
Pune: Union Minister and BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia on Thursday criticized Congress MP Rahul Gandhi for his comment that he is fighting the ‘Indian State’ and said that his controversial statement exposed the opposition party. Scindia said that only terrorists and Naxalites are fighting against India. He hit out at Gandhi for his comments that the Congress MP made while attacking the BJP and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
‘Congress led governments responsible for 70% amendments in the Constitution in 75 years’
Addressing the ‘Samvidhan Gaurav Abhiyan’ program in Pune, Scindia said that Congress-led governments were responsible for 70 percent of the amendments made in the Constitution in the last 75 years. He said, “Look at the words used yesterday by Rahul Gandhi, the leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha. He said that he is fighting the ‘Indian State’. If you are a citizen of India, what does it mean to be at war with the Indian polity?” Scindia said, ”Will you wage war on the Indian Constitution? Imagine, who fights against India. Terrorists, Naxalites fight against India. We don’t need to say much, because they (Congress) have exposed themselves (by Gandhi’s comments).”
‘Congress always used the Constitution to gain power’
Taking aim at the Congress, the Union Minister said that there is a party which has always used the Constitution to gain power. Referring to the BJP, the Lok Sabha member from Guna said that on the other hand, there is a party which is committed to the development and welfare of India. He said, “106 amendments have been made to the Constitution in the last 75 years. Of these 106 amendments, 70 percent took place during the Congress rule. They brought the First Amendment in the first four years of independence itself.” Scindia alleged that Congress brought the First Amendment to curb the rights of artists and the press. “In 1971, they tried to change the Constitution of India into Indira’s Constitution,” the BJP leader claimed.
Read here, Rahul Gandhi’s full statement
Referring to the recent assembly elections, Gandhi on Wednesday raised questions about transparency in the electoral process and said that his fight is not only with BJP and RSS, but also with the ‘Indian State’. The former Congress president, after inaugurating the party’s new headquarters, also claimed on Wednesday that there are serious problems in India’s election system. Addressing party leaders at the new Congress headquarters ‘Indira Bhawan’, Gandhi had said, “Don’t think that we are fighting a battle based on impartiality. If you believe that we are fighting only against the political organization called BJP and RSS, then it is not so…because they have captured almost every institution of our country.” (With language inputs)
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