Sibal calls BJP's claim of Rahul insulting OBCs absurd and insulting to our intelligence

On Saturday, Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal criticized two BJP ministers for their accusation that Rahul Gandhi insulted OBCs with his “Modi surname” remark in 2019. Sibal stated that the ministers were insulting people’s intelligence by making such an absurd allegation.

Gandhi was on Friday disqualified from the Lok Sabha, nearly 24 hours after a Surat court convicted him in a defamation case.

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The court in Gujarat’s 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?”

Addressing a press conference on Friday, BJP leaders and Union ministers Dharmendra Pradhan and Anurag Thakur had accused Gandhi of insulting OBCs.

Dharmendra Pradhan
Anurag Thakur :

" Rahul insulted OBCs "

By making such an absurd allegation you are " insulting " our intelligence !

— Kapil Sibal (@KapilSibal) March 25, 2023

Reacting to their remarks, former law minister Sibal said on Twitter, “Dharmendra Pradhan, Anurag Thakur: Rahul insulted OBCs. By making such an absurd allegation you are insulting our intelligence.”

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Sibal, who was a Union minister during the UPA 1 and 2 regimes, quit the Congress in May last year and was elected to the Rajya Sabha as an independent member with the Samajwadi Party’s support.

Several Opposition leaders have rallied behind Gandhi after his disqualification and hit out at the government, accusing it of targeting political opponents.

(With agency inputs)