“Discipline Your Leaders”: Kharge Writes To PM Modi Over 'Violent' Remarks Against Rahul Gandhi

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, highlighting the “violent statements” made recently against Congress leader and the leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi. Kharge asked PM Modi to “impose discipline and decorum” on BJP leaders and its allies.

In an X post, Kharge first wished PM Modi on his birthday and then highlighted a series of recent “highly objectionable, violent, and rude” statements made against Gandhi by leaders from the BJP and its allies.

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Union minister Ravneet Singh Bittu on Sunday called Gandhi the “number one terrorist” and an enemy of the country, targeting the Congress leader over his remarks on the Sikh community during his US visit.

Shiv Sena (Shinde) MLA Sanjay Gaikwad offered Rs 11 lakh to anyone who chopped off Gandhi’s tongue for his comments on scrapping the reservation system.

The BJP leader Tarvinder Singh Marvah can be heard in a video clip, warning the Congress leader from making such statements, referring to his remarks over the Sikh community, or else suffer the same “fate as dadi,” referring to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, who was assassinated in 1984.

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A copy of the letter written by Kharge (image-X/INCIndia).

Citing the above three instances as examples, Kharge wrote, “The world is shocked that the Minister of State for Railways in the Central Government, a minister from BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh, is calling the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha “number one terrorist.” An MLA from an alliance party in your government in Maharashtra is announcing a reward of Rs 11 lakh to the person who “cuts off the tongue” of the Leader of the Opposition. A BJP leader and former MLA in Delhi is threatening to make her “fate like Dadi.””

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He further emphasised the importance of respectful agreements between the ruling and opposition parties in the parliamentary arena, which enhances the prestige of democracy in the country. “Because due to such hate-mongering forces, Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi, Indira Gandhi, and Rajiv Gandhi had to sacrifice their lives. This political behaviour of the ruling party is the most rude example in democratic history,” stated Kharge.

The Congress president requested PM Modi to impose “discipline and decorum” on leaders of the BJP and its allies. Urging him to take strict action for such statements, Kharge added, “I trust that you will take the required action to ensure that these leaders immediately stop making violent statements.”