New Delhi:

A combative Rahul Gandhi tore into Prime Minister Narendra Modi a day after the highest opposition chief was disqualified from parliament.

Mr Gandhi claimed the Prime Minister is afraid of his subsequent speech and used a Veer Savarkar reference to reply why he did not apologise over his remarks in London and through the defamation trial by which he was convicted.

The BJP, in the meantime, doubled down on its assault on Mr Gandhi, claiming the Congress was attempting to undertaking him as a sufferer for electoral beneficial properties.

“I have been disqualified as the Prime Minister is scared of my next speech. I have seen fear in his eyes. That’s why they don’t want me to speak in the Parliament,” mentioned the Congress chief.

Responding on the BJP’s requires apology, he mentioned, “My name is not Savarkar. I am a Gandhi. I won’t apologise.”

He additionally denied the BJP’s expenses that he had sought the intervention of worldwide forces within the home affairs of the nation. He mentioned he had requested the Speaker to let him reply on the ground of the House to the allegations over his London remarks.

“BJP leaders claimed that I am helping anti-India forces. I told the Speaker that it is my right to respond to these allegations. But he didn’t allow me,” he mentioned. “I have only one step and that’s to fight for truth and to defend democratic nature of this country. Disqualify me for life, jail me for life, I will continue going.”

“Do I look worried? I’m excited,” mentioned an undeterred Mr Gandhi.

In a immediate response, the BJP reiterated its declare that Mr Gandhi insulted Other Backward Communities (OBCs) together with his comment on the Modi surname.

“He is not the only one, 32 leaders have been disqualified across the country, including six from the BJP. The Congress is trying to project Rahul Gandhi as a victim for electoral gains in Karnataka,” mentioned former Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad.

Mr Gandhi, the main face of the Congress, was on Thursday convicted in a defamation case by a courtroom in Gujarat, the house state of PM Modi. He was sentenced to 2 years in jail and consequently, he was disqualified as an MP the following day. He is but to enchantment the decision in the next courtroom.

The case stemmed from Mr Gandhi’s alleged comment at a 2019 election rally implying PM Modi is a prison. “How come all thieves have Modi as the common surname,” he had mentioned in Karnataka’s Kolar, resulting in a number of defamation instances being filed in opposition to him in varied states.

The BJP had projected this comment as a smear marketing campaign in opposition to those that share the Modi surname and the OBC neighborhood.