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Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena leader praises Rahul Gandhi for his compassion amid Savarkar row

Sanjay Raut also added that during times of political bitterness, gestures such as these have become rare, implying at the inquiry and check-in call by the congress leader.

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Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena leader, Sanjay Raut took to Twitter to praise Congress MP Rahul Gandhi for showing his compassion and empathy toward Raut by enquiring about his health. The inquiry by Rahul about Raut’s health comes amid the ideological row over Savarkar between Congress and Uddhav Thackeray-led faction Shiv Sena.

Shiv Sena leader, Sanjay Raut on Monday came forward on Twitter and wrote and praised Congress’s Rahul Gandhi for his gesture. Raut in his Tweet wrote that despite ideological differences, inquiring about a colleague’s health reflects the humanity of the person.

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Thackeray-led Shiv Sena leader also added that Rahul Gandhi called him to inquire about his health and stated that Rahul told him that they were worried about him. Raut also highlighted that Rahul took out the time to call him while being heavily involved in Congress’s Bharat Jodo Yatra.

Sanjay Raut also added that during times of political bitterness, gestures such as these have become rare, implying at the inquiry and check-in call by the congress leader. Raut added that Rahul Gandhi is focusing on love and compassion in his Yatra, which is the reason for the Yatra’s success.

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Recently, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi criticized Veer Savarkar on his mercy petition by the British which triggered a rift between the two outfits. Congress’s Rahul Gandhi during his Bharat Jodo Yatra denounced Veer Sarwarkar’s mercy petition to the British during the time of freedom struggle.

Rahul Gandhi also alleged that Savarkar’s mercy petition to the British had betrayed the freedom fighters such as Mahatma Gandhi, Nehru, and Sardar Patel. The remarks on Sarvarkar triggered a stir between Congress and both the factions of Shive Sena.

Udhav Thackerayled Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut had come forward to tell the press that Savarkar’s issue is important for his party and added that the party believes in Sarvarkar’s ideology. Raut further remarked that Congress shouldn’t have brought the issue up.

The rift between the two parties had put a question mark on both outfits breaking their Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance. However, after the rumors of the break up between Shiv Sena and Congress, Congress’s General Secretary Jairam Ramesh informed the press that he talked to Sanjay Raut and further added that both the outfits agreed to disagree in the matter of Savarkar, however, the alliance will not be affected by the rift.
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Delhi Police detain Congress leaders on march near Red Fort

On Monday, Congress leaders wore all black near Parliament and protested against Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification from Lok Sabha.

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Delhi Police on Tuesday detained Congress workers and leaders who were reaching to take part in Loktantra Bachao Mashal Shanti March at Red Fort. The video of the detention was shared by the official media platform of Congress.

Reports said several senior leaders including former Chief Minister Harish Rawat were detained by the police. In the visuals, Congress workers and leaders can be seen shouting slogans.

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On Monday, Congress leaders wore all black near Parliament and protested against Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification from Lok Sabha. The former Congress MP from Wayand’s parliament membership was cancelled after he was convicted in the 2019 defamation case involving the Modi surname remark. The Party is conducting a month-long protest across all states against the disqualification.

Gandhi was sentenced to 2 years in jail in the case by a Surat court and was granted bail on a bail bond of Rs 10,000. His sentence was suspended by the court for 30 days so that Gandhi could appeal to the High Court.

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Salman Khurshid confident on Rahul Gandhi’s return to Parliament, says he will be back soon

Congress leader Salman Khurshid said that if Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification marks the beginning of a corporation, it was worth paying the price.

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Senior Congress leader and former Law Minister Salman Khurshid spoke to the media on Tuesday and showed confidence in Rahul Gandhi’s return to Parliament. Khurshid statements come in the backdrop of vacating notice served to the disqualified Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.

Khurshid, while speaking to the media, said that he is confident that Rahul Gandhi will return to the parliament very quickly through the legal process. The former Law Minister in an interview with the PTI also said that Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification begat Opposition to unity and termed it to be a good point to begin on.

He also said that if Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification marks the beginning of a corporation, it was worth paying the price.

Rahul Gandhi was disqualified from the Lok Sabha on March 24 subsequently after the Congress leader was convicted by a Gujarat Court in a defamation case. Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification was condemned and termed as a black day for democracy by many within and across party lines.

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The most recent development in the case was that the senior Congress leader was served a notice to vacate his allotted bungalow on March 27th. After being served the notice to vacate, Gandhi replied and agreed to abide by the notice.

However, the notice to vacate was slammed by various Congress leaders as Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge came forward and said that Rahul Gandhi can go live with his mother or he can also approach him and he will vacate one for him.
Kharge in his statement also slammed and condemns the Centre and accused the government of trying to intimidate and humiliate the Opposition. He also highlighted that they had to manage without a house for three to four months. He further talked about his bungalow and said that he got it after six months.

He further accused the BJP of doing such things to humiliate others and condemned the attitude of the BJP.

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BJP’s OBC MPs protest in Parliament against Rahul Gandhi’s Modi surname remark, demand apology

BJP MP’s belonging to Other Backward Castes (OBC) on Tuesday staged a protest in front of Mahatma Gandhi’s statue inside Parliament premises over the Modi surname remark by Rahul Gandhi and demanded an apology from the Congress scion over the contentious comment.

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BJP MP’s belonging to Other Backward Castes (OBC) on Tuesday staged a protest in front of Mahatma Gandhi’s statue inside Parliament premises over the Modi surname remark by Rahul Gandhi and demanded an apology from the Congress scion over the contentious comment.

On Friday last, Rahul Gandhi was disqualified from the Lok Sabha, day after a Surat court convicted him in a 2019 defamation case and sentenced him to a two-year jail term.

The disqualification which will prevent 52-year-old Gandhi, a four-time MP, from contesting elections for eight years unless a higher court stays the conviction, has kicked up a political storm with the Congress staging a countrywide satyagraha on Sunday to protest the decision.

Meanwhile, the BJP isn’t relenting from its demand of an apology from the Gandhi scion for his Modi surname remark.

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Earlier in the day, the saffron party targeted Rahul Gandhi against, saying that the former Wayanad MP “pretending not to be a coward” after previously apologising to the Supreme Court for the ‘Chowkidar Chor Hai’ jibe against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2019.

Talking to newsmen at a presser, Union Minister Smriti Irani today said that Gandhi was convicted not for “abusing” an individual but the entire OBC community and “pretends not be a coward” when he already apologized to the Supreme Court in 2019 for his remarks against PM Modi.

Irani said that in his attempt to “insult” PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi also “insulted the entire OBC community and yet does not have the humility to “beg forgiveness” from them (OBC) which shows the “political arrogance” of the Gandhi family.

The BJP and the Congress have been involved in a political slugfest since a court in Gujarat’s Surat city convicted its Rahul Gandhi in a 2019 criminal defamation case and sentenced him to a two-year prison term, which led to his disqualification from Lok Sabha.

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