NEW DELHI: Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had lashed out at Congress on Friday for trying to teach it rajdharma or duty after Congress president Sonia Gandhi, leading a party delegation, met President Ram Nath Kovind to seek Home Minister Amit Shah’s resignation for “abdication of duty” during the communal violence in northeast Delhi.
“Sonia Gandhi ji, please don’t preach us ‘rajdharma’. Your record is full of its violation and twists and turns for plain and simple vote bank politics. The Congress should look at its face in the mirror of ‘rajdharma’,” Ravi Shankar Prasad said.
The exchange of words on ‘rajdharma’ doesn't seem to end with Congress leader Kapil Sibal having a few words of his own.
Kapil Sibal tweeted on Saturday to take on the Union minister’s comments.
“Law Minister to Congress : “Please don’t preach us Rajdharma” How can we Mr. Minister ? When you did not listen to Vajpayeeji in Gujarat why would you listen to us !
Listening , learning and obeying Rajdharma not one of your Government’s strong points !” he tweeted.
The senior Congress leader was referring to the former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s comments over the communal riots in Gujarat in 2002, when PM Modi was the Chief Minister of Gujarat.
Law Minister to Congress :
— Kapil Sibal (@KapilSibal) February 29, 2020
“ Please don’t preach us Rajdharma “
How can we Mr. Minister ?
When you did not listen to Vajpayeeji in Gujarat why would you listen to us !
Listening , learning and obeying Rajdharma not one of your Government’s strong points !