Rahul Gandhi’s tongue did not slip for the first time, know the last 5 controversial statements when BJP said- Apologize. Rahul Gandhi Statement in London, Bjp Demand Apology in Parliament

Rahul Gandhi: The issue of Rahul Gandhi’s London speech was raised during a parliamentary consultative committee meeting in which both opposition and ruling MPs exchanged allegations.

India

oi-Sanjeev Kumar

Updated: Sunday, March 19, 2023, 19:04 [IST]

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has come under severe flak for commenting against Indian democracy in Britain’s capital London. The Bharatiya Janata Party is constantly demanding an apology from him. Even the BJP has demanded the Lok Sabha Speaker to form a committee in which it can be decided whether to suspend Rahul Gandhi from the Lok Sabha or not. Please tell that this is not the first time that Rahul Gandhi’s tongue has slipped. Let us tell you about Rahul’s last five statements when BJP demanded an apology from him…

First discuss the recent statement
Rahul Gandhi had said in London that it is surprising that democratic countries like America, European countries are oblivious to the fact that efforts are being made to harm a large part of the democratic model in India. He had said that the opposition is fighting and it is not just an India’s fight, in fact it is a big fight. He made another comment in London and said that the mike is switched off while the opposition is speaking in the Parliament. Not only this, he also attacked against the RSS. He called an organization like RSS a threat to democracy.

February 2022 disputed statements
February 2022 Union Minister Kiren Rijiju demanded an apology for Rahul Gandhi’s speech in the Lok Sabha. Let us tell you that in the Lok Sabha, Rahul raised questions on the Indian Judiciary and the Election Commission. Rahul had said that both these institutions have become instrumental in suppressing the voice of the states.

December 2019, controversial speech in Jharkhand
In the year 2019, during an election rally in Jharkhand, Rahul Gandhi had described India as the ‘rape capital’ of the world. The BJP had attacked Rahul Gandhi over this remark and asked him to apologise. The BJP had raised the issue in both the Houses of Parliament.

November 2019
In November 2019, Rahul Gandhi had commented against Prime Minister Narendra Modi by citing the Supreme Court in the Rafale aircraft deal. There was a lot of ruckus in the Parliament on this. MP Meenakshi Lekhi had filed a contempt petition against Rahul in this matter and demanded a criminal case against Rahul. But Rahul Gandhi had apologized to the top court in the matter.

January 2018
In January 2018, the BJP had demanded an apology from Rahul Gandhi in the controversy over posters humiliating Prime Minister Narendra Modi. At that time BJP leader Shrikant Sharma said that Rahul Gandhi should apologize to the country for these derogatory posters.

October 2017
Rahul Gandhi had commented on the RSS in October 2017. He had said that the RSS discriminated against women and that he had never seen women wearing shorts in RSS shakhas. After this statement of Rahul Gandhi, women workers of BJP had demanded an apology.

February 2016
In February 2016, BJP national president Amit Shah demanded an apology from Rahul Gandhi over the JNU controversy. Shah demanded that Rahul should apologize for his stand on the JNU controversy.