Distancing himself from Rahul Gandhi’s ‘north-south’ comment, Congress chief Kapil Sibal Wednesday stated the “elector in the country is wise” and “we must respect his wisdom regardless of wherever he (electoral) is located”.
Sibal’s response comes amid a political slugfest on a remark Rahul Gandhi made in Thiruvananthapuram, through which he was accused of “belittling North Indians”.
“I’m nobody to comment on what he (Rahul) said. He said it and he can explain in what context he said,” Sibal advised ANI.
#WATCH: Congress chief Kapil Sibal speaks on Rahul Gandhi’s assertion in Kerala’s Trivandrum yesterday. He says, “I’m nobody to comment on what he said. He said it & he can explain in what context he said…We must respect electors in the country & not denigrate their wisdom…” pic.twitter.com/iQPQD9iKpv
— ANI (@ANI) February 24, 2021
“I can only say that the elector in the country is wise and we must respect his wisdom wherever he is located. It is the elector that ultimately votes for you…and we must not denigrate their wisdom,” he added.
Sibal, nevertheless, additionally skilled weapons on the BJP, saying that their accusation of the Congress get together dividing the nation is “laughable”. “This is the government that actually divided people since it came to power,” he stated.
Addressing a public gathering in Thiruvananthapuram, Gandhi had stated, “For the first 15 years, I was an MP in the north. I had got used to a different type of politics. For me, coming to Kerala was very refreshing as suddenly I found that people are interested in issues and not just superficially but going into detail in issues.”
Gandhi’s remarks had been quickly topic to an assault by a number of BJP leaders, who stated that the feedback had been “anti-north Indians” and alleged the Congress chief “was being an opportunist” regardless of him and his household successful a number of elections from Amethi in Uttar Pradesh.
“Insulting Indians is a favourite pastime of Rahul Gandhi. Indians are not superficial you are Mr Rahul Gandhi,” Union Minister Prakash Javadekar stated in a tweet.
Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad additionally focused Gandhi, accusing him of “differentiating the country’s atmosphere”.
“Yours is a national party and you are differentiating the country’s atmosphere. This certainly raises a question about the level of your responsibility (as a national party leader),” Prasad stated throughout a media briefing.
