The BJP on Tuesday demanded an apology from Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge for his alleged remarks on the people of Gujarat and some other states, saying that the comment was “shameless, demeaning and utterly despicable.”
Addressing a press conference here, senior BJP leader and former Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad asked Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to clarify whether they agreed with Kharge’s statement.
At an election rally in Kerala’s Idukki district on Sunday, Kharge had said the people of the state were “educated and clever” and cannot be misled, unlike those who were “illiterate” in Gujarat and some other places.
“Do they agree with this statement? If Rahul Gandhi has any sense, he should distance himself from this remark, condemn it, and demand an apology,” Prasad said.
The former Union minister further said Kharge “does not deserve to remain Congress president” for making such comments, and questioned if he had “abandoned​The BJP on Tuesday demanded an apology from Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge for his alleged remarks on the people of Gujarat and some other states, saying that the comment was “shameless, demeaning and utterly despicable.”
Addressing a press conference here, senior BJP leader and former Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad asked Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to clarify whether they agreed with Kharge’s statement.
At an election rally in Kerala’s Idukki district on Sunday, Kharge had said the people of the state were “educated and clever” and cannot be misled, unlike those who were “illiterate” in Gujarat and some other places.
“Do they agree with this statement? If Rahul Gandhi has any sense, he should distance himself from this remark, condemn it, and demand an apology,” Prasad said.
The former Union minister further said Kharge “does not deserve to remain Congress president” for making such comments, and questioned if he had “abandoned ​Latest News [ SOBAN NEWS: International and National ]
