Rahul Gandhi reaches Parliament, refuses to respond to Nadda’s ‘anti-national’ remark

Rahul Gandhi reached the Parliament on Friday for the Budget session. He refused to respond to Bhartiya Janta Party’s national president JP Nadda’s remarks calling him “anti- national.”

Earlier in the day, Nadda attacked Rahul Gandhi over his remarks in the UK saying that he has become a permanent part of the “anti-nationalist toolkit.”

“It’s unfortunate that the Congress party is indulging in anti-national activities. After being repeatedly rejected by the nation, Rahul Gandhi has now become a permanent part of this anti-nationalist toolkit,” Nadda said.

Recently, Gandhi made controversial remarks in the UK saying, “Everybody knows and it’s been in the news a lot that Indian democracy is under pressure and under attack. I am an Opposition leader in India; we are navigating that (Opposition) space.”

“The institutional framework which is required for a democratic Parliament, free press, the judiciary, just the idea of mobilisation, moving around all is getting constrained. So, we are facing an attack on the basic structure of Indian democracy,” he had added.

Meanwhile, the Parliament is facing frequent disruptions as BJP is demanding an apology from the Congress leader over his remarks in the UK while the Opposition has been demanding a joint parliamentary committee probe in the Adani-Hindenburg row.