'Rahul Gandhi’s Growing Support Unsettled Many': MK Stalin On NDA Leaders' 'Threats'

The controversial statements triggered widespread outrage against the BJP leaders, and several Congress leaders condemned the remarks, pointing out the seriousness.

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'Rahul Gandhi’s Growing Support Unsettled Many': MK Stalin On NDA Leaders' 'Threats'

'Rahul Gandhi’s Growing Support Unsettled Many': MK Stalin On 'Threats' Against Congress Leader

Expressing his shock over the inflammatory remarks made by the BJP and its ally partner NDA leaders targeting Leader of Opposition, Rahul Gandhi, Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin today said his ‘brother Rahul Gandhi’s charisma and growing public support have clearly unsettled many, leading to such vile acts of intimidation.’

In a social media post, the DMK leader, while reacting strongly to the BJP leader’s controversial remarks, asked the Union government to act swiftly to ensure protection for the Leader of the Opposition and reaffirm that intimidation and violence have no place in the democracy.

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“Deeply shocked by media reports of a BJP leader’s threat that Rahul Gandhi ‘will meet the same fate as his grandmother’ and a Shinde Sena MLA’s bounty for cutting his tongue, along with other intimidating threats. My brother Rahul Gandhi’s charisma and growing public support have clearly unsettled many, leading to such vile acts of intimidation. The Union government must act swiftly to ensure protection for the Leader of the Opposition and reaffirm that intimidation and violence have no place in our democracy,” the X post reads.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Tarvinder Singh Marwah recently made an explosive remark, “Rahul Gandhi baaz aaja nahi toh aane wale time mein tera bhi wohi haal hoga jo teri dadi ka haal hua (Rahul Gandhi, refrain from such things; otherwise, in the coming time, you will also suffer the same fate as your grandmother)”.

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On Monday, Shiv Sena Shinde MLA Sanjay Gaikwad publicly announced a bounty of Rs 11 lakh to those who will cut Rahul Gandhi’s throat, causing anger among the Congress members for the series of hate-filled threatening remarks from the BJP leaders.

The statements triggered widespread fury against the BJP leaders, and many Congress leaders condemned the remarks, pointing out the seriousness. The party chief Mallikarjun Kharge wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asking him to disciple his party leaders.

The Congress has today filed a complaint against four NDA leaders, including Sanjay Gaikwad, Tarvinder Singh Marwah, and Union Minister of State Ravneet Singh Bittu, for his Rahul Gandhi ‘number one terrorist’ remark.