‘Gainable and Vile’: Kishan Reddy slammed Rahul Gandhi on the comment on Arun Jaitley, saying that the late FM died before the form laws; Demand for apology Bharat News
New Delhi: Union Minister Kishan Reddy on Saturday asked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to claim that late Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was sent by the NDA government to “threaten” to protest the farm laws.Taking X, Reddy said that Rahul Gandhi’s comment was “pathetic and Vile”, accused of politicizing the memory of the dead leaders for personal gain. He said, “Shri Arun Jaitley died in August 2019, and the farm laws were introduced only in 2020. maliciously for those who are not much in us for political point scoring, a low blow,” he wrote.The BJP leader demanded that the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha issued an unconditional apology for Jaitley’s family. Reddy said, “For the first time when Rahul Gandhi has resorted to such dirty politics. When Manohar Parrikar was ill, he politicized his visit in a statement on the Rafale Defense Deal,” said Reddy.Addressing a gathering in the first day, Rahul Gandhi said: “I remember when I was fighting the farm laws, Arun Jaitley was sent to me to threaten me … He said to me, ‘If you oppose the government, we have to work against you.’ I looked at him and said, ‘I don’t think you have an idea of whom you are talking to.’Rahul’s statement has initiated sharp reactions from BJP leaders, who accused him of distorting the facts and disrespecting Arun Jaitley’s legacy.
