‘Cheap, attention-seeking politics’: BJP condemns Rahul Gandhi’s sit

‘Cheap, attention-seeking politics’: BJP condemns Rahul Gandhi’s sit-in outside police station

Union Minister JP Nadda on Friday slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over protest at Parliament Street Police Station, saying the Supreme Court has has constituted a five-member high-powered committee headed by a former judge to probe the July 20 incident in the national capital and alleged that the Congress leader was indulging in "camera-centric drama merely to keep himself in the headlines".

Nadda alleged that Rahul Gandhi, who is Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, had indulged in "cheap, attention-seeking politics" outside the Sansad Marg police station.

The BJP leader said the Congress leader's sit-in protest is neither for the students nor for the sake of justice.

"The entire nation is once again witnessing the kind of cheap, attention-seeking politics that Rahul Gandhi displayed today outside the Sansad Marg police station. Rahul Gandhi's sit-in protest today is neither for the students nor for the sake of justice; it is a symbol of the Congress party's political desperation and Rahul Gandhi's hunger for media attention," he said. "The whole country knows that the Supreme Court has already taken cognisance of the July 20th incident and has constituted a five-member high-powered committee headed by a former judge. When the country's apex court is investigating the matter, what does Rahul Gandhi hope to prove by sitting in front of cameras outside the police station? Does the Leader of the Opposition lack faith in the country's judiciary? The truth is that Rahul Gandhi is staging this 'camera-centric' drama merely to keep himself in the headlines,."

The BJP leader, who is the Leader of the House in the Raya Sabha, alleged that the "drama" is related to the "criticism Congress is facing on the 'Vande Matram' issue and Rahul Gandhi is seeking to divert attention.

"If we consider the timing of this entire drama, we realize that the Congress party is currently facing intense criticism across the nation over the issue of 'Vande Mataram'. The public is demanding answers from the Congress regarding the disrespect shown to the national song, especially as a senior Congress leader was seen cutting a cake designed to look like the Tricolour," he said. "To conceal this anti-national face of his and to divert attention from the massive embarrassment he has faced, Rahul Gandhi has hastily orchestrated this new drama as a distraction."

Pellet gun shelling victim Sahil Lochav said at Parliament Street Police Station that an FIR has not been filed on his complaint.

"On 20th July, pellet guns were fired at me. I was admitted to Lady Hardinge, from there, I was referred to AIIMS. I underwent surgery at AIIMS. But the vision in my eye is still not clear. On 14th August, I wrote a 7-page complaint and gave to my lawyer...But the FIR has not been registered," he said.

The Supreme Court on Thursday constituted a five-member High-Powered Expert Committee (HPEC), headed by retired apex court Justice R Subhash Reddy, to conduct a fact-finding exercise into allegations of police excesses as well as violence by protesters during the recent Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)-led demonstrations.

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