Jammu: BJP leaders hit back at Mallikarjun Kharge over his ‘jailed’ statement

Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], September 11 (ANI): BJP leaders in Jammu have expressed strong objections against Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge’s remark that if Congress had won 20 more seats, then they all would have been jailed.

In response to the same, BJP leader, Prem Shukla, while speaking to ANI, said, former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi lodged thousands of opposition leaders in jail without any charge during the emergency and Kharge is also planning to do the same.

“In 1975, Indira Gandhi, lodged thousands of opposition leaders, without any charge, into jail. Mallikarjun Kharge, under the directions of Rahul Gandhi, is dreaming about the emergency to be reimposed,” Shukla told ANI.

While addressing a rally in Anantnag, Mallikarjun Kharge said on Wednesday said “If Congress had won 20 more seats, then they all would have been jailed.”

Meanwhile, BJP leader Abhijeet Jasrotia told ANI, “When the Yuvraj (referring to Rahul Gandhi) and other leaders of the Congress party who are out on bail in the National Herald case make comments, it is laughable.”

“Rahul Gandhi is defaming India during his visit to the United States,” he added.

Kharge, while addressing the rally, mentioned the importance for the alliance and the supporters to be unafraid of the BJP. He also appealed to the party supporters to fight together and not blame each other.

“They (BJP) used to say 400 paar, 400 paar, where are your 400 seats? They stopped at 240 this time. If we had 20 more seats, then all these people would have been in jail, and they deserve to be there. So I appeal to everyone to not get angry, but instead fight. Your captain is strong, unafraid, everyone here is unafraid. The leaders are here to help solve any problem in Jammu and Kashmir. We need to win, we need to fight together, but while fighting, we should not blame each other,” Kharge said.

Polling for Jammu and Kashmir is scheduled to be held in three phases: September 18, September 25 and October 1. The counting of votes is scheduled for October 8.