The BJP in Nagpur has attacked Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi , saying he was suffering from a “mental disorder” and spreading “anarchy” in the country, evoking a sharp reaction from the Congress , which said the Leader of Opposition had become the voice of the common man.
Talking to reporters later, BJP’s Nagpur city unit chief Dayashankar Tiwari said, “In Sanatan Dharma, it is said that if a person has a mental disorder, one of the many causes can be ‘pitru dosh’ (ancestral karmic imbalance) and the way Rahul Gandhi is behaving in the country and abroad, it seems that he has a mental disorder and is active in anti-national activities. For this reason, the BJYM performed ‘pitru shanti’ by placing the photographs of Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi, he said. BJYM’s city unit president Sachin Karare said Gandhi should know that from three generations, members of his family have served as prime ministers but he does not know how to respect elders.
“What is the job of an Opposition leader? To raise the voice of the common people inside and outside Parliament and to ask questions. For the past five days, it tried to crush Rahul Gandhi’s movement. Thousands of security personnel were deployed for that purpose.”
However, whenever he (Gandhi) asks questions, BJP gets scared,” he said. Reacting to this, Congress leader and the party’s former state unit chief Nana Patole said Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Rajiv Gandhi and Indira Gandhi sacrificed their lives for the country. On the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) agitation and the central government’s action against the protesters, Patole said, “The Modi government is frightened.
Reacting to this, Congress’ city chief Prafulla Gudadhe said on Saturday (October 10) that the Constitution has given the common man the right to ask questions, and Rahul Gandhi is exercising that right.
