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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge (Pic credit: PTI)
NEW DELHI: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge connected Wednesday apologised for his caller remarks targeting radical of Gujarat, saying his comments were 'deliberately misinterpreted' and that helium ne'er intended to wounded sentiments.In a station connected X, the Congress president said, “Some remarks of excavation successful a caller predetermination code successful Keralam are being deliberately misinterpreted. Even so, I explicit my sincere regret. It was ne'er my volition to wounded the sentiments of the radical of Gujarat for whom I person ever had and volition proceed to person the highest of respect.”
The apology comes amid a governmental enactment triggered by his remarks during an predetermination rally successful Kerala’s Idukki district.Addressing a rally up of the assembly elections, Kharge had said that radical successful Kerala were 'educated and clever' and could not beryllium misled, dissimilar those who were 'illiterate' successful Gujarat and immoderate different places.The connection sparked crisp reactions from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which termed the remarks insulting and unacceptable.Senior BJP person Ravi Shankar Prasad criticised Kharge’s statement, calling it “shameless, demeaning and utterly despicable.”
He besides asked Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to clarify whether they agreed with the remarks.Prasad questioned whether Kharge deserved to stay Congress president, saying the station had historically been held by leaders specified arsenic Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and demanded that the Congress enactment region itself from the comment.He further highlighted Gujarat’s literacy complaint and publication to the country, arguing that specified remarks insult the radical of the state.
The BJP besides demanded an apology to the radical of Gujarat, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.Reacting to the controversy, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said that governmental sermon should not deteriorate and emphasised the request to support standards successful nationalist debate. He highlighted that governmental leaders should absorption connected constructive arguments alternatively than utilizing connection that lowers the prime of discourse.Meanwhile, Gujarat lawman main curate Harsh Sanghavi powerfully criticised Kharge’s remarks, calling them an insult to the radical of the authorities and its legacy. He said Gujarat, which has produced leaders similar Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Patel, would not judge specified comments.
