Congress goes on a 'maun vrat' for insult of Gandhi, Nehru & Atal

NEW DELHI: Congress members on Monday observed a "maun vrat" (silence) at Rajghat to protest against AAP leader Ashutosh's remarks on Mahatma Gandhi and former PMs Jawaharlal Nehru and Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

"It is the same AAP which took birth at the feet of Mahatma Gandhi at his samadhi at Rajghat, and now its senior functionary Ashutosh is insulting him with his disparaging remarks in his blog," Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee president Ajay Maken said.

Maken said the blog also cast aspersions on former Prime Ministers Nehru and Vajpayee and this "silent protest" is to pray for "wisdom" to AAP members, including chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and for Ashutosh. AAP members have brought the level of politics to an "unbelievably low level", he alleged, adding that the big difference between the "words and deeds" of AAP and its members has become apparent now.

"The political discourse by AAP has hit such an abysmal level that it cannot be even visualised how this party , which swore by Mahatma Gandhi, could sink to such a low level," Maken said.