Dehradun:
Uttarakhand’s minister Ganesh Joshi on Tuesday said martyrdom was not exclusive to the Gandhi family and that the assassinations of Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi were “accidental”.
“I pity Rahul Gandhi’s intelligence. Martyrdom is not exclusive to the Gandhi family. India’s struggle for independence saw the martyrs of Bhagat Singh, Sawarkar and Chandra Shekhar Azad What happens to members of the Gandhi family is an accident. There is a difference between an accident and a martyrdom,” Mr. Joshi said.
“But one can only speak according to one’s level of intelligence,” he told reporters in response to a question about the congressional leader’s concluding speech at the conclusion of his Bharat Jodo Yatra in Srinagar. .
Mr. Joshi, Minister of Agriculture, Farmer Welfare, Rural Development and Sainik Kalyan of the state, also credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the smooth conclusion of Rahul Gandhi’s Yatra in Jammu and Kashmir.
“The credit belongs to the Prime Minister. If Article 370 was not repealed under his leadership and normalcy did not return to Jammu and Kashmir, Rahul Gandhi would not have been able to raise the national flag at Lal Chawk. BJP leader Murli. Manohar Joshi raised the tricolor flag in Lal Chawk when the violence peaked in J&K,” Joshi said.
Recalling the moments when he was informed of the assassinations of his grandmother and father – former prime ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi – by phone, former parliament speaker Rahul Gandhi said on Monday that the instigators of violence will never understand that pain.
“The instigators of violence – like Modiji, Amit Shahji, BJP and RSS – will never understand this pain. The family of a soldier will understand, the family of the CRPF personnel who perished in Pulwama will never understand. understand, Kashmiris will understand that pain when one gets that call.
(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and was automatically generated from an aggregated feed.)
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