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Irked over Gandhi’s current remarks in opposition to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Anwar requested how an individual hailing from the Nehru household may make such statements. (Getty)
LDF MLA sparks controversy by suggesting Rahul Gandhi’s DNA be examined after political remarks. Congress calls for motion, alleging insult
Ruling LDF MLA P V Anwar on Tuesday sparked a row by saying that the DNA of Congress chief Rahul Gandhi ought to be examined. Addressing an election assembly on this district, the businessman-turned MLA mentioned the Congress chief had turn into a fourth-grade citizen who didn’t need to be known as by the surname of Gandhi.
Irked over Gandhi’s current remarks in opposition to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Anwar requested how an individual hailing from the Nehru household may make such statements. “My opinion is that Rahul Gandhi’s DNA ought to be examined. There is no such thing as a dispute in it,” Anwar mentioned at a gathering organised by the LDF native committee at Edathanattukara right here.
Gandhi, throughout his current election campaigns within the state, had sought to know why Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan was exempted from being interrogated and arrested by central businesses, although a number of allegations had cropped up in opposition to the Left veteran. The Left leaders have strongly criticised the Congress chief for his statements in opposition to Vijayan and opined that he ought to criticise Modi and the RSS as a substitute of Vijayan.
When looking for his response to Anwar’s objectionable remarks in opposition to Gandhi, Vijayan on Tuesday justified the LDF MLA and mentioned the Congress chief was not an individual past criticism. “Rahul Gandhi will get a reply for what he mentioned. He isn’t an individual who stands past criticism,” Vijayan informed reporters in Kannur.
Strongly reacting to the alleged derogatory remarks in opposition to Gandhi, Congress mentioned the get together has filed a grievance with the Election Fee looking for motion in opposition to Anwar. Demanding the Fee’s pressing intervention into the matter, KPCC performing president M M Hassan urged police to register a case in opposition to the MLA for insulting Rahul Gandhi and the Nehru household.
He additionally alleged that it was the CM who was utilizing Anwar to make derogatory remarks in opposition to Gandhi. Senior Congress chief and AICC Secretary Ok C Venugopal additionally got here out in opposition to the insulting remarks in opposition to Gandhi and alleged that CPI (M) had given a “citation” to the Nilambur MLA to humiliate the Nehru household.
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