NEW DELHI: Telangana BJP president N Ramchander Rao on Sunday demanded an apology from Rahul Gandhi over his remarks on India's democracy. He accused the Congress leader of insulting the country's democratic institutions at the Bharat Summit.According to PTI, Rao said the Congress had imposed Emergency and suppressed people's human rights. He also accused the party of dismissing several democratically elected state governments during its rule."Rahul Gandhi has forgotten that it was his grandmother who imposed an Emergency in the country. During the Congress rule, several democratically elected governments were dismissed. Now Rahul Gandhi says that since 2014, democracy is not there in the country. This is absurd," Rao said.Rao was referring to Rahul Gandhi's remarks at the Bharat Summit, hosted by the Telangana government in Hyderabad on November 13 and 14. Rahul Gandhi had alleged that India was no longer a democracy and questioned the legitimacy of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.Rao also questioned a foreign delegate's use of the slogan "vote chor, gaddi chod" (vote thief, vacate the seat) at the summit. He asked how a foreign national…
Telangana BJP chief demands Rahul Gandhi's apology over democracy remarks
In short
The Bharatiya Janata Party condemned Rahul Gandhi for alleging that Indian democracy ceased in 2014 and that the 2024 elections were fundamentally compromised. Gandhi had asserted that 140 million participants in the recent national elections were later categorized as non-voters or non-existent voters. In response, Telangana BJP president N Ramchander Rao defended national sovereignty while accusing foreign summit attendees of meddling in domestic political matters. Rao specifically cited an international participant chanting political slogans as an unacceptable interference in internal state affairs.
Key points
- The Telangana BJP maintains that overseas organizations and delegates have no right to in…: The Telangana BJP maintains that overseas organizations and delegates have no right to interfere in sovereign Indian matters.
- Accusations concerning the fairness of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections have intensified part…: Accusations concerning the fairness of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections have intensified partisan friction over domestic democratic standards.
- Rahul Gandhi faces demands for an apology after allegedly denigrating national democratic…: Rahul Gandhi faces demands for an apology after allegedly denigrating national democratic institutions before an international summit audience.