Union Minister Giriraj Singh, on Tuesday, lashed out at Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi for his utterances during his ongoing US visit and accused the Congress MP of aligning with enemies and working against India's interests.
Rahul Gandhi, during his address to the Indian diaspora in Virginia, praised the US, a day after he expressed appreciation for Chinese policies that created a controversy back home.
The BJP leaders had attacked him for relentlessly demoralizing India when he was abroad.
"Jawaharlal Nehru gave large pieces of land to China; now Rahul Gandhi has the backing of Chinese money. China needn't do the promotion as Rahul Gandhi is doing that job for it. His continued alignment with India's enemies and demoralizing India abroad is no less than enmity towards India," Girirraj Singh told IANS.
Rahul Gandhi had also suggested that the Indian diaspora holds double identities — American and Indian — while claiming that under BJP rule, dual identities are not allowed.
Responding to the Congress MP's remark, Giriraj Singh said, "He makes baseless statements. He has two identities — Italian and Indian. The same goes for his mother (Sonia Gandhi). Both mother and son maintain their double identities."
He also dismissed as baseless the claims by Rahul Gandhi on the influence the RSS has over the Indian education system and said, "Indian education should reflect Indian culture. Nehru and Congress glorified rulers like Akbar, Babur, and Aurangzeb, but that narrative will no longer work.
Asserting that the Congress MP can never understand the ideology of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Giriraj Singh said, "As for the RSS, Rahul Gandhi lacks the capacity to understand it. During the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, it was the RSS which consoled the victims while his father Rajiv Gandhi led the massacre. It will take many lifetimes for Rahul Gandhi to comprehend the true essence of RSS.
On the questions that Rahul Gandhi raised over the freedom of Sikhs to practice their religion in India, Giriraj Singh said, "First, both mother and son must say sorry to the Sikh community for the 1984 massacre. They thrive on creating divisions among Sikhs, Hindus and Muslims to fuel unrest and take vacations abroad. This has always been Congress' agenda."
He also targeted West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on the handing of the RG Kar rape and murder case.
"Investigations prove how the CM's empathy has vanished. She used to champion 'Ma, Mati, Manush', but now she's forgotten it all. People of Bengal will never forgive her for trying to cover up this horrific crime," the Union Minister alleged.
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