Reacting to the viral video showing Rahul Gandhi at a nighclub in Kathmandu, the party on Tuesday clarified that the former Congress chief was in Nepal to attend the marriage of a journalist and said that it was not a crime.
The viral video showing Rahul Gandhi at a nightclub in Kathmandu, has sparked a huge controversy in India.
"Rahul Gandhi went to a friendly country, Nepal, to participate in a marriage function of a friend who also happens to be a journalist. It has still not become a crime in this country to attend a marriage. Maybe after today, the BJP may decide (if) it is illegal to attend a marriage and a crime to have friends," said congress Spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala.
The video gave an opportunity to the ruling BJP, to take a jibe at Rahul Gandhi and Congress. The BJP leader and Bihar Minister Syed Shahnawaz Hussain claimed that Rahul Gandhi was more interested in attending parties than running his own party.
"Nothing can stop Rahul Gandhi from doing parties. He is more involved in parties, rather than running his own party. We work for our political parties, but he attends parties," he said.
BJP's Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi also slammed Rahul Gandhi and called him a "full-time tourist and a part-time politician, who is filled with hypocrisy."
Reacting to all such criticisms by the saffron party, Congress leader Surjewala recalled how PM Modi too visited Lahore to attend a marriage function during Nawaz Sharif's reign in 2015. Surjewala said, "Rahul Gandhi has not gone to Nepal to cut Nawaz Sharif's cake, uninvited like PM Modi."
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has gone to attend the wedding of former CNN journalist Sumnima Udas in Kathmandu.
Who is Sumnima Udas ?
Sumnima Udas is former CNN journalist and daughter of Bhim Udas, former Nepali ambassador to Myanmar. Sumnima Udas, Rahul Gandhi's friend, has been accused of making anti-India statements When Nepal issued a controversial map that showed many parts of India as theirs, Udas tweeted,'it should have been done decades ago.'
Nepal issues a new map... should have been done decades ago. Thank you for the write-up @SugamCNN https://t.co/2ImKrmXUVU
— Sumnima Udas (@sumnima_udas) May 22, 2020Advertisement
Sumnima, once shared a report of Time on Corona vaccine shortage in India and blamed Narendra Modi government for that .
“The vaccine crisis that stares at the world’s most vulnerable countries today is rooted in Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mind-boggling reluctance to buy enough vaccines in time,” writes @ Planet_deb https://t.co/KJFuEa3hdd
— Sumnima Udas (@sumnima_udas) May 30, 2021
Udas had also shared a report by Arundhati Roy wherein Roy had called PM Modi a dangerous man and alleged that the Central government failed to manage the covid pandemic.
Sumnia had also targeted the Indian government over the issue of CAA. She had also raised objections over External Minister S Jaishankar's remark about Buddha being an Indian legend. Sumnima is reportedly getting married to a China based businessman-Nima Martin Sherpa
Sad day for a country I adored 💔 #India https://t.co/n0VdQwmEJY
— Sumnima Udas (@sumnima_udas) December 16, 2019Advertisement
