Branded ‘traitor’ by Rahul, Beant’s grandson calls Gandhi scion ‘desh ke dushman’

NEW DELHI: Union curate and erstwhile Congress MP Ravneet Bittu and Rahul Gandhi got into a bitter speech Wednesday, erstwhile the LoP mocked him arsenic a “traitor” and a amazed Bittu retorted with a “desh ke dushman” barb.The speech — which took spot astatine the main entranceway of the Parliament building, wherever Rahul was lasting successful solidarity with the 8 MPs who are connected protestation since being suspended from the Lok Sabha a time earlier — was caught connected video and promptly went viral. It was besides circulated by Congress.While walking towards Parliament for greeting proceedings, Bittu, grandson of erstwhile Punjab CM Beant Singh, who was killed by Khalistani terrorists, mocked the protesters “as sitting arsenic if they had won a war”, which appeared to person annoyed Rahul and his colleagues.As helium approached to locomotion past, Rahul said, “The happening is, present is simply a traitor walking close by. Take a look astatine the face. How helium looks.” Bittu wagged his digit and retorted, “desh ke dushman (enemy of the country)”. Rahul past extended his manus towards Bittu and said, “Hello brother, my traitor friend”, adjacent adding, “Don’t worry, you volition travel backmost (to Congress)”. Bittu, however, did not reciprocate with a handshake. As helium walked past, Congress MPs jeered, “surrender, surrender”.

The altercation had a fallout extracurricular Parliament, with BJP protesting against Rahul’s “traitor” jibe. BJP fielded respective Sikh faces, including Union curate Hardeep Puri, Delhi curate Manjinder Sirsa and MLA Arvinder Lovely, to deed retired astatine Rahul. Puri claimed that “traitor” is utilized for those who betray their country, and said Rahul’s remark was each the much insulting for Sikhs arsenic Ravneet is the grandson of erstwhile Punjab CM Beant Singh, who was assassinated by Khalistani terrorists and is lauded for his relation successful restoring normalcy successful Punjab.“Use of specified connection for a subordinate of specified a household is not lone shameful but an insult to the full Sikh community. His remark is simply a slur connected each Sikh. It is an insult to the contributions made by Sikhs successful each sphere,” Puri alleged.Rahul and Bittu had a adjacent relation earlier the Punjab neta crossed implicit to BJP up of the 2024 LS elections. He contested from Ludhiana connected a BJP summons but mislaid to Amarinder Raja Warring.In fact, Punjab Congress netas posted a video successful which Bittu says Rahul encouraged him to commencement tying a turban. In the viral clip, Bittu says, “If I americium lasting present successful a turban, it’s due to the fact that of Rahul Gandhi, who told maine I should deterioration a turban.”