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Updated: Feb 04, 2020 14:50 IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 4 (ANI): Union Minister Pralhad Joshi on Tuesday said that the people of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
are the real "bhakts" and followers of Mahatma Gandhi, whereas the people of Congress are the followers of "nakli (fake)" Gandhi like
Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi and its leader Rahul Gandhi
Joshi's remarks came after Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury attacked the BJP over Anantkumar Hegde's controversial
remark on Mahatma Gandhi and called them as "Ravana ke aulad" (children of Ravana)
"We, people of Bharatiya Janata Party, are the real bhakts
We are the real followers of Mahatma Gandhi
These people are the followers of 'nakli' Gandhi like Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi," said Joshi in the Lok Sabha
"Aaj ye Mahatma Gandhi ko gaali dete hain
Ram ke pujari ka ye apmaan kar rahe hain (Today, they abuse Mahatma Gandhi
They are children of Ravana
They are insulting Lord Ram's devotees)," Chowdhury had said in the Lok Sabha.Later, BJP MPs object to Chowdhury's statement.Hegde, who
is a Lok Sabha MP from Uttara Kannada, had on Saturday said that the freedom struggle led by Mahatma Gandhi was a "drama"."None of these
so-called leaders were beaten up by the cops even once
Their independence movement was one big drama
It was staged by these leaders with the approval of the British
It was not a genuine fight
It was an adjustment freedom struggle," Hegde had said while addressing a public event in Bengaluru.While several Congress leaders,
including Karti Chidambaram and BK Hariprasad, have condemned Hegde's remark, BJP leaders too have distanced themselves from the same
