Giriraj Takes Dig At Bihar CM’s ‘Silence’ On Rahul’s Disqualification From LS

Patna
Union minister Giriraj Singh on Sunday alleged that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s silence over the disqualification of Rahul Gandhi indicated that the JD(U) leader was pleased over increased chances of claiming leadership of the opposition camp. The BJP leader also slammed Gandhi for my name is not Savarkar jibe, and asserted that it will take many lifetimes for the Congress leader to become like the freedom fighter-turned Hindutva mascot.
At the Bihar BJP headquarters, the Begusarai MP was responding to queries from reporters on Kumar, his bete noire, keeping silent over the development even though top leaders of JD(U), including the national president Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan, have condemned the disqualification unequivocally. The allusion was to petition for clemency of V D Savarkar, while he was lodged in jail, to the British imperialists, which has become a stick to beat the BJP with for its opponents. It will take many lifetimes for Rahul Gandhi to become like Savarkar, fumed Singh, charging the Congress leader with behaving like an Emperor (shahenshah) who had no respect for Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
My name is not Savarkar, my name is Gandhi and Gandhi does not offer an apology to anyone, Rahul Gandhi had said on Saturday responding to a query on repeated calls by the BJP seeking his apology over various issues. The former Congress chief made the remarks while addressing a press conference after being disqualified from Lok Sabha.