Union Minister Anurag Thakur attacked Congress Leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra saying it was out of “arrogance” that she compared the Gandhi family with the dynasty of Lord Ram.
Priyanka Gandhi had criticized BJP for mentioning the Congress party as a “dynastic” party, while she was addressing a rally on Sunday to protest the disqualification of Rahul Gandhi as a member of Lok Sabha.
“They (the BJP) accuse us of dynasticism…then what was Lord Ram? He was exiled but still fulfilled his responsibilities towards his family and motherland. Was this dynasticism? Did the Pandavas indulge in dynasticism,” she had asked.
The senior BJP leader said there can be nothing more unfortunate than the comparisons drawn between Lord Ram and the Gandhi family.
“Hey Prabhu (Oh God.). India only had to wait to see this day. A family which believes it is above India’s democracy, above Parliament, above the country. That family is equating itself with Lord Ram,” said the information and broadcasting minister.
“This arrogance of the brother and sister. The entire nation is watching. Let alone the country, now they are not even sparing Lord Ram,” Thakur said while responding to questions from reporters outside Parliament on Priyanka Gandhi’s remarks at the rally.
Earlier, Thakur took a dig at Rahul Gandhi saying that the Congress leader can never be Veer Savarkar even in his “best dreams” as it required strong determination and love for the country.
Rahul Gandhi had often claimed that Savarkar was a “apologist” for the British colonisers and that he would never express remorse for opposing the BJP-led government. Thakur was replying to these claims.
“Dear Shri Gandhi, you can never be SAVARKAR even in your best dreams because being Savarkar requires strong determination, love for Bharat, selflessness and commitment,” the senior BJP leader said on Twitter on Sunday.
Rahul Gandhi can never be Savarkar even by a long shot because the freedom fighter neither travelled abroad for six months of the year nor sought help from foreigners against his country, Thakur said.
“He went to Britain to launch a movement to free Mother India from the chains of slavery,” the information and broadcasting minister said and added that it is time to “expose lie master Rahul Gandhi for his non-stop nonsense against Veer Savarkar ji”.
Thakur also shared a post on Twitter with a picture of a letter written by former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on the occasion of the birth centenary of Savarkar.
“Veer Savarkar’s daring defiance of the British government has its own important place in the annals of our freedom movement. I wish success to the plans to celebrate the birth centenary of this remarkable son of India,” Indira Gandhi had written in her letter dated May 20, 1980.
“Just imagine, a person whose grandmother had honoured the great personality Veer Savarkar and none of the great men of that era have spoken ill about him. By saying all these things Rahul Gandhi is not insulting Savarkar but his grandmother, Netaji Bose, Bhagat Singh and even (Mahatma) Gandhiji,” Thakur said.