BJP on Friday stepped up attack on the Indian National Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi for his ‘dalali‘ barb on cross-LoC surgical strike, alleging that he has “crossed all limits” with his remarks which “undermine” the armed forces and are an “insult” to their bravery
Urging parties not to politicise the issue of surgical strikes, the Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah also lashed out at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal saying he was the first among the “anti-India” leaders to raise questions on the army’s action.
Terming as “very unfortunate” the Congress leader’s use of word “dalali for soldiers”, he alleged it depicted the Congress’ mindset as as the word is synonymous with the opposition party whose leaders were “embroiled in several scams worth thousands of crores of rupees”
“With his ‘khoon ki dalali‘ remarks, Rahul Gandhi has crossed all limits. I feel his use of words are an insult to the bravery of the armed forces…I agree that the word ‘dalali’ is part of their mindset as several scams took place during their rule,” he said
Shah said “Gandhi’s remarks depict the Congress party’s mindset. There is a flaw in the thought process of the Congress leadership. I strongly criticise his remarks. The word dalali should be restricted to Congress party only.”
He said the remarks have “angered” the people and have “demoralised” the forces
In a jibe at the Congress vice-president, Shah said he should concentrate on the “potato factory” for farmers instead as his understanding of the problems of agriculture sector is limited to that only
Shah was referring to Gandhi’s remarks made during his Delhi to Deoria march in Uttar Pradesh
Responding to a poser on some BJP leaders creating a hype on the strikes, he said some workers were only exhibiting their excitement and questioned why there is was no such excitement in the Congress leadership.
