BJP's Ravi Shankar Prasad censures Rahul's tirade, calls it his 'habit' to defame India

BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad censured Rahul Gandhi following his statement at Cambridge University, calling it his ‘habit’ to defame nation on foreign grounds.

Addressing a press conference on Friday, former Union Minister Prasad said, "It has become Rahul Gandhi’s habit to go to foreign countries and insult Indian people and institutions, which hurts confidence of country."

Attacking party for political setback in recent rastern polls, he added, "After failing to even open its account in rast, Rahul Gandhi goes to England, and is calling China a ‘symbol of bonafide’. It is very disappointing. At a time when G20 meetings are taking place in country, foreign ministers of different countries have come here, Italian PM is calling PM Modi most popular leader in world, and Rahul Gandhi is making se kinds of statements."

BJP leader slammed Wayanad MP for questioning democratic integrity of India.

"It should be remembered that very democratic process Rahul Gandhi is criticising is same process through which he was able to win from Wayanad after fleeing from loss in Amethi. t just him, his mor has also become an MP through same process. Recently, he made baseless allegations against Prime Minister. Didn’t he have freedom to do so? Also, he was able to do that despite being on bail in a corruption case. t just him, his mor, and or family members are also out on bail for ‘looting’ taxpayer’s money," Prasad added.

Following Gandhi’s affront on foreign soil, Chief Minister of Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma, took to Twitter to condemn Congress leader.

What did Rahul Gandhi say?

During a lecture at Cambridge University, Rahul Gandhi unleashed a harsh attack on Centre, claiming that an attempt is being made to demolish fundamentals of Indian democracy. He furr alleged that Israeli spyware Pegasus was being used to sop into his phone.

"I myself had Pegasus on my phone. A large number of politicians had Pegasus on ir phones. I have been called by intelligence officers who told me, ‘Please be careful about what you are saying on phone because we are sort of recording stuff. So this is constant pressure that we feel. cases on opposition. I have a number of criminal liable cases for things that under circumstances should be criminal liability cases. That’s what we are trying to defend. Everybody kws and it’s been in news a lot that Indian democracy is under pressure and under attack. I am an opposition leader in India, and we are navigating that . institutional framework that is required for a democracy—Parliament, a free press, judiciary, just idea of mobilisation and moving around—is getting constrained. So, we are facing an attack on basic structure of Indian democracy."

Congress leader claimed that Opposition leaders were locked up in jail for "just standing" in front of Parliament House to discuss some issues and that such incidents have occurred "relatively violently" while sharing a photo of himself on presentation slide in which he is seen being restrained by police.