Telangana Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP) chief and grandson of former prime minister PV Narasimha Rao – NV Subhash – on Monday hit out at Congress chief Rahul Gandhi alleging that he has “little” respect for non-Gandhi celebration leaders whereas referring to his grandfather. Talking of Rahul’s go to to the memorials of former prime ministers, he alleged that the Congress MP addressed a rally close to Indira Gandhi’s statue in Hyderabad however “intentionally” left with out paying tribute to Narasimha Rao. “Visiting of memorials of former Prime Ministers in Delhi by Rahul Gandhi clearly reveals that the celebration has little respect for non-Gandhi veteran leaders who sacrificed their lives for the nation and for strengthening the celebration. Through the course of Bharat Jodo Yatra, Rahul Gandhi visited the memorials and paid tribute to former PMs together with Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, and even Atal Bihari Vajpayee however did not pay tribute to non-Gandhi PM PV Narasimha Rao,” NV Subhash instructed information company ANI.
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Stressing that the Congress “historical past is an affidavit that the celebration by no means acknowledged the companies of a pacesetter not belonging to the Gandhi household”, he additional stated: “The celebration didn’t even give a respectful farewell to PV Narasimha Rao after his loss of life. Had PV Narasimha Rao not turn into Prime Minister in 1991, the celebration would have struggled for existence.”
The BJP chief additionally took a dig on the Bharat Jodo Yatra – the Congress’s Kanyakumari to Kashmir mass contact programme – by calling it a “futile strolling train”.
Different BJP leaders have additionally slammed Rahul Gandhi for not visiting Narasimha Rao’s samadhi in Hyderabad. BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya stated that Gandhi would have visited the samadhi in Hyderabad in the course of the Bharat Jodo Yatra if he was “honest about paying respect to former prime ministers.” On Monday, Rahul Gandhi visited the memorials of Mahatma Gandhi and several other former prime ministers in New Delhi. He visited Veer Bhumi, Shakti Sthal, and Shanti Van – the memorials of former prime ministers Rajiv Gandhi, Indira Gandhi, and Jawaharlal Nehru.
(With ANI inputs)
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