Accusing Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of abusing Indians and the Parliament, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday said he visits Karnataka for ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, and while in London, speaks about ‘Bharat Todo’ (dividing India).
Repeatedly invoking Lord Ram and Hanuman while participating in the BJP’s ‘Vijaya Sankalpa Yatre’ here, Sarma praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership, and urged the people of the state to vote the party back to power in Karnataka in the Assembly polls, likely by May.
Anjanadri in Gangavathi taluk of Koppal district is considered to be the birthplace of Lord Hanuman, and the state government has allocated Rs 120 crore for the development of the revered place.
“If Prime Minister Modi goes to London or America, he heaps praise on India, but when our Rahul baba (Rahul Gandhi) goes to London, he abuses Indians and India’s Parliament,” Sarma said.
Addressing a gathering here, the BJP leader said: “He (Rahul Gandhi) comes to Karnataka and does Bharat Jodo Yatra, and in London he speaks about ‘Bharat Todo’ (dividing India).”
Congress has repeatedly divided India, he alleged, adding that, “I had asked Rahul Gandhi during the Bharat Jodo Yatra, as to who divided the country in 1947? It was your nanaji (apparently referring to Rahul’s great grandfather, former PM Jawaharlal Nehru) who divided.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi too on Sunday had targeted Rahul Gandhi for his comments on democracy in the country.
He was apparently referring to Gandhi’s remarks made in London recently — that structures of Indian democracy are under “brutal attack”.