Rahul Gandhi may have apologized or withdrawn the comments for which he was sentenced by a Surat court, Assam’s Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Saturday. Sometimes a slip of the tongue happens and “we have experienced it too, but we issued a statement apologizing, saying it was unintentional. Gandhi could have done the same and it would have ended there,” Sarma said on the sidelines of a program here.
However, Gandhi did not apologize or take back the comments from the past five years, which “shows that it was intentional and done to abuse the OBC community,” Sarma said, referring to the Surat court verdict that convicted Gandhi in a libel case and subsequent disqualification as Lok Sabha MP. However, other heads of government in the eastern region, many governed by opposition parties, have spoken out against the disqualification.
Chief Minister of West Bengal mama banerjee the unnamed friday Congress leader Rahul GandhiHe said the country is witnessing a new low point in a constitutional democracy.
“In Prime Minister Modi’s New India, opposition leaders have become the main target of BJP ! While BJP leaders with criminal records enter the cabinet, opposition leaders are disqualified for their speeches,” the fiery Supreme TMC said in a tweet.
Similarly, Jharkhand Prime Minister Hemant Soren also attacked the BJP-led government in the Center on Friday, calling the disqualification ‘Aapat Kaal’ (emergency) for the nation.
“In today’s ‘Amrit Kaal’, opposition leaders are being coerced and silenced using all the tools of power by the BJP and the Center,” Soren said in a tweet. “It’s not that he had to apologize to any BJP member or Prime Minister Narendra, but he didn’t and it showed his arrogance,” the Assam prime minister said on Saturday.
“This is a judicial process….a cycle and there is nothing political about it. The decision has been made after a protracted five-year legal process,” he said. The prime minister referring to the trial said: “Karma (fate) finally caught up with him.” However, he indicated that the judicial appeal remains open, and Gandhi “can challenge the verdict in the High Court or in the Supreme Court,” the Chief Minister added.
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