'Would be arrested in other country': Rahul Gandhi takes a dig at RSS chief Bhagwat over independence remarks
Rahul Gandhi while describing the remarks as 'treason' said that he would have been arrested had he been in any other country for such claims.
PTC News Desk: Congress leader and leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi came down heavily on RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat for his remark over India's independence. He said that 'India got true independence after the Ram temple was built.
Rahul Gandhi while describing the remarks as 'treason' said that he would have been arrested had he been in any other country for such claims.
While addressing party workers during the inaugural event of new Congress headquarters, Indira Bhawan Gandhi said that Bhagwat's remarks were an insult to freedom fighters and an attack on the Constitution.
"Mohan Bhagwat has the audacity to inform the nation every 2–3 days what he thinks about the independence movement and the Constitution. What he said yesterday is treason because he stated that the Constitution is invalid, fight against the British was invalid. He has the audacity to say this publicly. In any other country, he would be arrested and tried," the Raebareli MP said.
Earlier this week RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat stirred a massive row after he claimed that India achieved "true independence" on the consecration day of the Ram temple in Ayodhya. He also suggested that the day be celebrated as "Pratishtha Dwadashi".