BJP national vice president M Chuba Ao on Saturday said that the hype created by the Congress and other opposition parties over Surat court order and subsequent disqualificationof Rahul Gandhi as a Lok Sabha member is "unwarranted and unwise".
"This is a real knee-jerk reaction and unwarranted and an unwise move by Congress and their friends. Rahul's disqualification is not a decision of the Modi government. It is under a due process of law. The root of the malady is defamatory words used by Shri Rahul Gandhi," Chuba Ao told this journalist.
Answering questions, Chuba said, "What has happened with Rahul Gandhi has happened with ten other leaders and lawmakers and MPs in the past...So why these kinds of hyped reactions".
He said, "The Opposition parties should recall that in 2013 former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad was disqualified after Rahul Gandhi tore away the Ordinance in Delhi Press Club. In 2014, another former Chief Minister and a very popular leader J Jayalalitha was disqualified as an MLA in 2014.... So why blame the Modi government".
Chuba Ao, who hails from Nagaland, said, "Rather I look at things differently. The disqualification is certainly a setback to Rahul Gandhi and the Congress party but, even more important, it should give a message to all public leaders including all of us in the public life that one must be careful in making public speeches....".
"Getting excited during an election speech does not mean I have the licence to defame any community or individual leaders".
There have been problems with Rahul Gandhi, he said. "Rahul Gandhi has declined to learn any lesson. He faces as many as seven defamation cases and there are bail orders. That means he is a serial offender. No one is above law and my suggestion to Congress party is that they should respect this basic theory in politics".
Chuba Ao pointed out that before Rahul Gandhi two Lok Sabha members who were disqualified were Lalu Prasad of RJD in September 2013 and P P Mohammed Faizal of NCP from Lakshwadweep in January this year.
(Union Minister and BJP leader Anurag Thakur says, there was perhaps
a 'conspiracy' within Congress as maybe some leaders wanted to get rid of him.)
New Delhi
Since September 2013, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is the 11th person to have lost
membership as a lawmaker and is the third Lok Sabha MP to get the severe punishment following court orders.
Before him two Lok Sabha members who were disqualified were Lalu Prasad of RJD in September 2013 and P P Mohammed Faizal of NCP from Lakshwadweep in January this year. For Lalu the case was related to Bihar's infamous fodder scam while Faizal lost the membership as court pronounced verdict against him in connection to an attempt to murder case.
Others in the list include former Tamil Nadu chief minister and the late chief of AIADMK, Ms J Jayalalitha.
She lost her membership as MLA of Bodinayakkanur in Tamil Nadu in the disproportionate assets case
in September 2014.
Azam Khan of Samajwadi Party also lost his Rampur assembly seat in Uttar Pradesh after he was convicted by a court
of law for a 'hate speech' in October 2022.
Among others who lost their membership include Kuldeep Singh Sengar - Rape charge in February 2020, Pradeep Chaudhary (Congress MLA in Haryana) on charge of 'assault' in January 2021 and Abdullah Azam Khan (Samajwadi) for attack on CRPF camp in February 2023.
Other such legislators who lost membership included Anant Singh, Vikram Singh Saini and Anil Kumar Sahni.
Union Minister Anurag Singh Thakur says that Congress leader Rahul needs to understand the ‘well-planned conspiracy' within the Congress to ‘get rid of’ him by not challenging the Surat court's verdict on time despite having a battery of lawyers in the party.
"Ek sochi samjhi saazish...," he remarked on Friday. "Who hatched this conspiracy in the Congress party, Rahulji it is for you to understand this".
"One should go into details and deep on this. Who are they who wanted to get rid of Rahul Gandhi
The Congress party has a battery of lawyers....is there not a single person and lawyer who could
have advised correctly (to challenge the Surat court order)," Mr Thakur told reporters.
Blasting at Rahul Gandhi, the Union Minister said, "I can say he is the epitome of unparliamentary
behaviour".
Mr Thakur also pointed out that Rahul Gandhi has been indulging in making defamatory charges rather repeatedly. "Rahul Gandhi is on bail in seven cases...in fact in Patna court, he has faced similar charges for his remarks that all Modis are thieves," the Minister pointed out.
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