Rahul Gandhi should apologise to country for insulting democracy: Telangana BJP chief

Hyderabad: Telangana BJP president N Ramchander Rao on Sunday hit out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his remarks that "India is actually no longer a democracy", and said it was the grand old party that imposed emergency in the country and suppressed the human rights of people.

He demanded that Gandhi, who made the comments at the Bharat Summit held here on November 13 and 14, should apologise to the nation for insulting democracy.

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"Rahul Gandhi has forgotten that it was his grandmother who imposed an emergency in the country. During the Congress rule, several democratically elected governments were dismissed. Now Gandhi says that since 2014, democracy is not there in the country. This is absurd," Rao told PTI Videos.

Referring to the 'vote chor, gaddi chod' (vote thief, give up the seat) comment of a foreign delegate who spoke at the Bharat Summit, Rao asked how a foreigner can interfere in a country's internal matters.

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It is a matter of the country's sovereignty, the self-respect of the people as the country's democracy is being taken as an example throughout the world, he said.

"Today, our democracy, our elections, our systems are being insulted by Gandhi before the foreigners. I am sure these are the foreigners who are funding Gandhi to create anarchy in the country. The Progressive Alliance, George Soros- sponsored delegates who attended the Bharat Summit, have no right to interfere in our internal politics of India," he said.

Launching a diatribe against the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Gandhi on November 14 alleged, "India is actually no longer a democracy".

He spoke at the Bharat Summit hosted by the Telangana government here.