By Fnf correspondent | PUBLISHED: 11, Sep 2024, 11:41 am IST | UPDATED: 11, Sep 2024, 11:41 am IST
Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri labelled Gandhi's comments as "defamatory statements about India". Reacting to the Congress leader's remark, Puri said, "But what he has now said about Sikhs not being able to wear Kada and Turban border on being purely delusional and absurd. Truth is that Sikhs have never been safer anywhere in the world than they are in India today."
Referring to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots that occurred during the Congress government, he added, "If there ever was any fear or anxiety in their minds about being identified as Sikhs due to their Kada, Kirpan or Turban, it was only during the mindless one-sided violence and pogrom against members of the Sikh Sangat in 1984.
This is not the first time when Congress leader's statement has intensified political tensions.
Reportedly, in May 2023, during his US visit, while addressing the Indian community in California, Gandhi stated that the RSS and BJP were 'controlling' all political means in India. In San Francisco, he claimed that "the poor and minority communities are feeling helpless today."
In August 2018, during his visit to Germany and the UK, Rahul Gandhi said that the demonetization and the improper implementation of GST have led to increased unemployment. He also said that Dalits, minorities, and backward communities no longer receive government benefits and that funds intended for poverty alleviation programs are now being funnelled to a few large corporations.
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