‘Farm laws introduced in 2020’: Arun Jaitley’s son reacts to Rahul Gandhi’s accusations of his father | India News

NEW DELHI: Arun Jaitley’s son, Rohan Jaitley, on Saturday rebutted Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s declare that the late Finance Minister had been despatched to “threaten” him for opposing the Modi authorities’s now-repealed farm laws. Speaking on the Congress-organised Annual Legal Conclave 2025, Gandhi recalled a tense trade, saying, “I remember when I was fighting against the farm laws, Arun Jaitley was sent to threaten me. He said, ‘If you continue down this path, opposing the government and fighting us on the farm laws, we’ll have to take action against you.’ I replied, ‘I think you don’t know who you’re talking to. We’re Congress people, we’re not cowards. We never bend. The British couldn’t bend us.’”Gandhi’s comment rapidly drew a pointy rebuttal from Jaitley’s son, Rohan Jaitley, who accused the Congress MP of misrepresenting info and politicising the reminiscence of the deceased. “Rahul Gandhi now claims my late father, Arun Jaitley, threatened him over the farm laws. Let me remind him, my father passed away in 2019. The farm laws were introduced in 2020,” Rohan Jaitley stated in an announcement.Calling the declare factually incorrect and in poor style, Rohan additional added, “More importantly, it was not in my father’s nature to threaten anyone over an opposing view. He was a staunch democrat and always believed in building consensus.” He described his father’s strategy to politics as one which welcomed open dialogue fairly than confrontation. “If at all such a situation was to occur, as it often does in politics, he would invite free and open discussions to arrive at a mutually acceptable solution to all. That was simply who he was and that remains his legacy today.”Rohan Jaitley additionally urged Gandhi to train warning whereas talking about deceased public figures. “I would appreciate Rahul Gandhi being mindful while speaking of those not with us,” he stated, recalling a earlier occasion the place Gandhi had allegedly politicised the ultimate days of former Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar. “He attempted something similar with Manohar Parrikar ji, politicising his final days, which was in equally poor taste. Let the departed rest in peace,” he added.Gandhi’s broader speech on the conclave included allegations of voter fraud in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, criticism of the Election Commission of India, and remarks about constitutional decline underneath the present authorities.