Shah slams opposition for disrupting Parliament over Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification

New Delhi (India), April 7, 2023: Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressed a public meeting in Kaushambi after inaugurating the Kaushambi Mahotsav, where he claimed that the opposition parties would not be forgiven for disrupting Parliament proceedings over Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification from the Lok Sabha.

Shah exhorted people to elect Narendra Modi as Prime Minister once again in 2024 for the all-around welfare of all sections of society.

“The country will not forgive opposition parties for disrupting Parliament proceedings over Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification… Democracy is not in danger; it is casteism and dynastic politics (‘parivarwad’) which are in danger,” Amit Shah said.

The event was attended by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, his deputies Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak, and state BJP president Bhupendra Chaudhry.

The Congress was dealt a big blow when its leader Rahul Gandhi was disqualified from the Lok Sabha on March 24, nearly 24 hours after a Surat court convicted him in a defamation case.

This action was slammed by the opposition party as “vindictive politics,” and they vowed to fight it legally and politically.

The court in Surat sentenced Gandhi to two years in jail in a defamation case filed on a complaint by BJP MLA Purnesh Modi for his remark, “How come all thieves have Modi as the common surname?” Gandhi’s disqualification will bar him from contesting polls for eight years unless a higher court stays his conviction and sentence.