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Rajya Sabha MP and senior lawyer Kapil Sibal has come to the rescue of Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi who is in a political hot soup after his “khoon ki dalali” comment related to surgical strikes carried out by the Indian Army after a nod from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government.
Immediately after DGMO Lt Gen Ranbir Singh announced the surgical strikes carried out by the Indian Army, Rahul Gandhi had called them the “only worthy thing Modi had done since becoming the prime minister.
Speaking in support of Rahul Gandhi, the senior lawyer decided to go on an offensive and took on BJP president Amit Shah.
The Congress vice president faced severe criticism after his comments from the ruling party members and the general public on Twitter. Former Congress member and current Rajya Sabha MP from BJP, Subramanian Swamy, said, “Rahul Gandhi either has had no education or should get a mental check-up done for using these words against the Prime Minister”.
While the Congress’ response to the surgical strikes has been conflicting, the general consensus has been in support of the government’s decision.
On the lines of Modi’s speech in Kerala, Sibal said that the people of Pakistan are patients of a cancer named terrorism. India has to, therefore, provide chemotherapy to it.
However, he then turned his gun back on the ruling party saying it was the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which is responsible for the creation of Jaish-e-Mohammad. The Uri attacks would not have happened, he said, had Masood Azhar not been released in 1999.
He mentioned Modi’s surprise visit to Pakistan on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s birthday last year.
Law and Justice Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad dismissed Sibal’s arguments saying comments like his only help in increasing BJP’s voter base:
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Published: 07 Oct 2016,05:43 PM IST