BJP-Cong slugfest continues on Rahul’s London statement

New Delhi (Agencies):

The Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress are at loggerheads over Rahul Gandhi’s statements in London on various platforms with the BJP alleging that the Congress leader tried to get intervention from the West.

The Congress, however, has countered this and said that the BJP is twisting the facts.

Now, the Congress is saying that the BJP is rattled since he attacked the RSS. “It is built along the lines of the Muslim Brotherhood and the idea is to use the democratic contest to come to power and then subvert the democratic contest afterwards. And it shocked me at how successful they have been at capturing the different institutions of our country -- the press, the judiciary, Parliament, Election Commission -all the institutions are under pressure, under threat and controlled in one way or the other,” Rahul Gandhi had said.

While the Congress is countering the BJP, by highlighting that Rahul Gandhi said, “Look, first of all, this is our problem, it is an internal problem and it is an Indian problem and the solution is going to come from inside, it is not going to come from outside. However, the scale of Indian democ-

13 Bjp Functionaries Quit Party In Tamil Nadu To Join Aiadmk

Chennai (ANI): A total of 13 functionaries from the Tamil Nadu’s BJP on Wednesday quit the party to join its alliance partner the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK). The 13 belonged to the BJP’s IT wing in Chennai West The development comes as the State unit of the BJP accused the the Edappadi Palaniswami-led AIADMK over allegedly “poaching” its leaders. BJP IT Wing District president Anbarasan in a statement said, “I have worked for BJP for years. People know that I have never expected any position. Considering the unusual scenario in the party for the past few days I have decided to resign from the party.” The statement bears the signatures of 10 IT Wing District Secretaries and two IT Wing District Deputy Secretaries. Several BJP MLAs have resigned and joined AIADMK recently.

racy means that democracy in India is a global public good, it impacts way further than our boundaries.”

The Congress said that he kept Indian democracy above all when he said, “If Indian democracy collapses in my view, democracy on the planet suffers a very serious, possibly a fatal blow. So, it is important for you too. It is not just important for us. We will deal with our problem, but you must be aware that this problem is going to play out at a global scale, it is not just going to play out in India and what you do about it ...is of course up to you, but you must be aware that in what is happening in India, the idea of a democratic model is being attacked and threatened.”

The Congress even challenged to debate all the issues raised -whether it is weakening democracy, unemployment or high prices and