‘I wish to ask each Sikh brother …’: Rahul Gandhi reacts to row over remarks made in US | India Information

NEW DELHI: Chief of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Saturday defended remarks he made within the US relating to the Sikhs, and accused the Bharatiya Janata Occasion of spreading lies.
Taking to X, the Congress chief mentioned that BJP is determined to silence him and can’t stand the reality.
“The BJP has been spreading lies about my remarks in America. I wish to ask each Sikh brother and sister in India and overseas – is there something fallacious in what I’ve mentioned? Should not India be a rustic the place each Sikh – and each Indian – can freely observe their faith with out worry?” Gandhi wrote.

“As standard, the BJP is resorting to lies.They’re determined to silence me as a result of they can’t stand the reality. However I’ll at all times communicate up for the values that outline India: our unity in range, equality, and love,” he added.
In the meantime, BJP cited a joint assertion of a number of Sikh teams to ask Congress chief Rahul Gandhi to withdraw his assertion, which has allegedly created an environment of worry within the nation.
BJP chief Manjinder Singh Sirsa mentioned that a number of Sikh and gurdwara administration our bodies met minister of state for residence affairs Nityanand Rai over the problem and he asserted the sacrifices of the Sikhs have made the nation sturdy.
“In the present day all of the Sikh organisations throughout the nation and several other Sikh committees met with minister of state for residence Nityanand Rai over the assertion of Rahul Gandhi within the US. Rahul Gandhi ought to take his assertion again, that is the demand of the Sikh delegation,” Sirsa mentioned.
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“I imagine Rahul Gandhi will respect the emotions of Sikhs and withdraw the assertion he made within the US,” he added.
Earlier, euring his deal with to a gathering of Indian People, Rahul Gandhi accused the RSS of contemplating sure religions, languages, and communities as inferior to others. He mentioned that the struggle in India isn’t about politics however in regards to the rights of people to observe their faith freely.
Gandhi particularly requested a Sikh attendee, “What’s your title, brother with the turban,” after which mentioned, “The struggle is about whether or not a Sikh goes to be allowed to put on his turban in India or a kada in India. Or he, as a Sikh, goes to have the ability to go to a gurdwara. That is what the struggle is about. And never only for him, for all religions.”
“Battle can be about, I can see right here within the crowd, individuals from Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Haryana, Telangana, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Kerala. Once I say Kerala, I’ve been a Member of Parliament for Kerala. Once I say Kerala, Kerala is a straightforward phrase, and Punjab is a straightforward phrase, however these usually are not easy phrases. That is your historical past, your language, your custom. Your whole creativeness is in these phrases,” the Congress chief mentioned.