“Politics of lies vs our politics of development”: BJP’s Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Rahul Gandhi’s remarks in US

Rangareddy (Telangana) [India], September 12 (ANI): BJP leader and former Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar sharply criticized Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s recent remarks in the US on reservation and the Sikh community.

Speaking to ANI in Telangana’s Rangareddy district on Thursday, Chandrasekhar accused Gandhi of speaking for “those who are against India.”

“If you had asked me 10 days ago what would Rahul Gandhi say, or do in the USA, I could have predicted to you. He will go on a stage with people who are against India. He will say things that are against India and he will say pathological lies day in and day out,” the BJP leader said.

“This is an India that is moving forward. He (Rahul Gandhi) speaks for those who are against India. I call it a politics of lies vs our politics of development,” he added.

He attended the BJP’s membership drive organised in Rangareddy earlier in the day.

On September 9, the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, said that the Congress party will think of scrapping reservations when India becomes a “fair place,” which it is not. The Congress leader was interacting with students and faculty at Georgetown University in Washington, DC.

He also reiterated the need to conduct a caste census while saying that 90 per cent of the country’s population–OBCs, Dalits and Adivasis–not having proper representation in the country is the “elephant in the room.”

During his interaction with the Indian diaspora in the US, Rahul Gandhi said that the fight is about whether a Sikh is going to be allowed to wear a turban in India and would be able to visit a Gurdwara.

“First of all, you have to understand what the fight is about. Fight is not about politics. It is superficial. What is your name? The fight is about whether he, as a Sikh, is going to be allowed to wear his turban in India. Or he as a Sikh is going to be allowed to wear a kada in India. Or a Sikh is going to be able to go to Gurdwara. That’s what the fight is about and not just for him, for all religions,” he said.

Earlier, Home Minister Amit Shah criticised the Congress leader’s comments, saying that speaking ‘anti-national’ things has become a habit of Rahul Gandhi and the Congress party. The Home Minister said that talking about discrimination in such a way shows the divisive thinking of the Congress leader.

“Speaking anti-national things and standing with forces that break the country has become a habit of Rahul Gandhi and the Congress party. Whether it is supporting the anti-national and anti-reservation agenda of the JKNC in Jammu and Kashmir, or speaking anti-India things on foreign forums, Rahul Gandhi has always hurt the security and sentiments of the country,” Shah said in a post on X.