BJP on Friday accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of blaming Indian democracy and its institutions for the Congress’ repeated electoral defeats under his leadership and the ongoing probe by the Enforcement Directorate against him in the National Herald case.
Former Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad addressing the press shortly after Mr Gandhi’s own presser before the Congress’ protest march from Parliament, said that the Opposition leader had made “shameful and irresponsible” comments. “Stop demeaning the institutions of India to safeguard your corruption and misdeeds. If people don’t listen to you why are you blaming us,” said Mr Prasad.
“If people saw dictatorship, it was during Emergency when people, including opposition leaders and editors, were jailed, judges superseded and censorship imposed. Indira Gandhi had then spoken about having a ‘committed judiciary’,” he said. Mr Gandhi had earlier alleged that India was witnessing the “death of democracy” .
