‘Truth cannot be expunged’: Rahul Gandhi after parts of his speech deleted from Parliament records
Responding to the Motion of Thanks on the president’s address, the Rae Bareli MP had accused the BJP of propagating hatred and violence against minorities.
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Several portions of the speech delivered by Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi in Lok Sabha on Monday were expunged from the records of Parliament on the orders of the speaker.
Responding to the Motion of Thanks on the president’s address to a joint sitting of Parliament last week, the Rae Bareli MP on Monday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of propagating hatred and violence against minorities.
He also said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the BJP and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh do not represent Hindu society as a whole. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is the parent organisation of the BJP.
After these remarks were expunged, Gandhi said on Tuesday: “In Modi ji’s world, truth can be expunged. But in reality, the truth cannot be expunged.”
“I said what I had to say, that is the truth,” ANI quoted him as saying. “They can expunge as much as they want. Truth is truth.”
The Congress leader’s remarks were protested by members of the BJP in Lok Sabha, reported India Today. The prime minister and at least five Union ministers of cabinet rank sought to counter his speech.
Modi had even claimed that the Leader of Opposition had accused all Hindus of violence and said that this was a “serious matter”.
Gandhi, during his speech, held up images of Hindu deity Shiva, Guru Nanak and Jesus Christ, and said...
