'Rahul Gandhi will be shot in the chest': AICC writes to Amit Shah over 'threat' to LoP

New Delh: AICC general secretary (organisation) KC Venugopal on Sunday wrote to Union home minister Amit Shah objecting to a Kerala BJP spokesperson Printu Mahadev reportedly posing a threat to the life of Rahul Gandhi on Saturday (rept Saturday) during a TV debate and demanded legal action against him.

"In a brazen act of incitement of violence, Mr Mahadev openly declared that 'Rahul Gandhi will be shot in the chest'. This is neither a slip of tongue, nor careless hyperbole. It is a cold, calculated and chilling death threat against the leader of Opposition and one of India's foremost political leaders. That such poisonous words are uttered by an official spokesperson of the ruling party not only places the life of Rahul Gandhi in immediate danger, but also undermines the Constitution, the rule of law, the basis security assurances owes to every citizen let alone the leader of Opposition", Venugopal said in his letter to Shah.