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Shakeel Ahmad (ANI image)
NEW DELHI: Days aft calling Rahul Gandhi “darpok” (coward) and “insecure”, erstwhile Congress person Shakeel Ahmad connected Tuesday claimed that his residence faces a menace of attack. He shared a screenshot of a WhatsApp connection which helium alleged was circulated by enactment members, calling connected territory and assembly-level leaders to pain his effigy successful protestation implicit his “inappropriate statements” astir Rahul Gandhi.Sharing the chats connected X, Ahmad wrote: “Now my accusation has turned retired to beryllium perfectly spot on. Many acknowledgment to the aged mates from Congress. There's a saying successful our Bihar that aged friends are the ones who travel successful handy. Is this happening without Rahul ji's orders?”
The connection helium posted read: “Former Congress person Shakeel Ahmad has been continuously making inappropriate statements astir our respected person Shri Rahul Gandhi.
The apical enactment has directed that each District Presidents and Assembly Presidents should, successful their respective areas, pain an effigy of Shakeel Ahmad connected 27/12/2026 to registry beardown protest.”Escalating the spat further, successful a station precocious Monday, Ahmad further alleged that the Congress enactment successful Bihar has "ordered" enactment workers to onslaught his residence.“Just now, immoderate colleagues from the Congress person secretly informed maine that the Congress nationalist enactment has ordered the Bihar Congress/Youth Congress to onslaught my residences successful Patna and Madhubani tomorrow, January 27, nether the pretext of burning an effigy,” helium wrote connected X.
The contention follows Ahmad’s scathing remarks astir Gandhi. “Rahul Gandhi is simply a coward and an insecure person. He does not get that 'boss feeling' earlier anyone who is elder to him oregon has a large nationalist support. He is uncomfortable with immoderate specified idiosyncratic and is frankincense dictatorial and not democratic,” helium told PTI.Congress person Manickam Tagore deed back, calling Ahmad a “betrayer” and “Jaichand”. “I americium not shocked. Just saddened, yet again,? by however betrayal becomes large erstwhile courageousness walks the longest road,” Tagore wrote connected X, adding that specified attacks were astir “TV time, relevance and pleasing caller masters”.Ahmad, a erstwhile Union curate and ex-Congress wide caput who discontinue the enactment aft the 2025 Bihar elections, has besides accused Gandhi of sidelining elder leaders and influencing the 2022 enactment statesmanlike canvass successful favour of Mallikarjun Kharge.
