Congress holds protests against Ravneet Bittu’s ‘terrorist’ jab at Rahul Gandhi

Congress leaders on Wednesday staged a massive protest in Delhi against Union Minister Ravneet Singh Bittu for allegedly calling Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi the “number one terrorist of the country”. Bittu’s jab came in response to Rahul Gandhi’s remarks on Sikhs during his US visit.
Several Congress leaders, including the party’s Delhi unit chief Devender Yadav, were detained as they held a protest march in the national capital. Visuals showed Congress leaders being dragged by cops to a police vehicle.
“We are fighting to protect the Constitution following the path of Rahul Gandhi. We are not scared of the BJP,” said Yadav while being detained by the police.

Separately, Congress leader Ajay Maken filed a complaint against BJP leaders and Bittu over open threats to “eliminate” or cause physical injury to Rahul Gandhi.
The complaint stated that BJP leader Tarvinder Singh Marwah openly issued an assassination threat against the Raebareli MP. Marwah had said if Rahul Gandhi didn’t mend his ways, he would meet the same fate as his grandmother Indira Gandhi.
“You are making such statements about a person whose family members sacrificed their lives for the country. Politics can never stoop to this level,” Maken said after filing the complaint.
Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit called the statement “pathetic” and said that strict action would have been taken if anyone from the Opposition had made such a remark to any Union Minister.
“This is a pathetic statement. The statement instigates violence and they (BJP) are showing their mentality. They are displaying that they have no character or culture. There is no reaction from the Prime Minister when such a remark is made against the LoP. If such a remark was made against a cabinet minister, the person would’ve been charged with sedition,” Dikshit said.
Meanwhile, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut said that the act of openly giving a death threat to a member of the Opposition “only happens in Russia”.