"Jinnah like mentality," Hardeep Singh Puri accuses Rahul Gandhi of crossing limit for "political interest"
Hardeep Singh Puri who is currently in the United States has severely criticised Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi accusing him of having a "Jinnah like" mindset, that wants the nation to bleed and «foment a divisive narrative.»
«He (Rahul Gandhi) never talked about the Sikhs while being in India. When they were in power, which government produced the monsters...they need to do some solid introspection, why this happened. This is a narrative anchored in total lies and. Therefore I am, not surprised that he is going around doing it but it is, I think, this thing about Muhammad Ali Jinnah, what he did, that either I want what I want, or else I will destroy it,» Puri who is in Washington DC for discussions with United States Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm on Monday (local time) said.
«There can be some differences. But the whole beauty of democracy is to sit and address this issue...They should see the contribution of RSS for the nation. The one distinguishing feature in PM Modi government's ideology is Nation First...but he (Rahul Gandhi) is doing like Jinnah...you want to bleed it into a kind of breakup. But I want to remind them that our very old, more than 5000 years old, culture and civilization, it's an old civilization. People like this will not be able to break it, and we are a proud nation, the minister added.
The Minister also alleged that Rahul Gandhi's comments showed that there was a «systematic sinister» attempt to divide.
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