Union Minister Ravneet Singh Bittu on Sunday lashed out at opposition leader Rahul Gandhi over his remarks on Sikhs in the United States. Bittu called the Lok Sabha opposition leader as the "number one terrorist".
"He is not an Indian, he has spent most of his time outside. He does not love his country much because he goes abroad and says everything in a wrong way,” said Bittu, who had left Congress and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the Lok Sabha elections this year.
#WATCH | Bhagalpur, Bihar: On Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi's recent statements, Union Minister Ravneet Singh Bittu says, "Rahul Gandhi is not an Indian, he has spent most of his time outside. He does not love his country much because he goes abroad and says everything in a wrong… pic.twitter.com/uZTvtSuhGj
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Those on the most wanted list like separatists, experts in making bombs, guns and shells have appreciated and backed him, he added.
#WATCH | Patna, Bihar: Union Minister Ravneet Singh Bittu says, "He(Rahul Gandhi) is trying to break a religion and abroad he is saying that wearing a kada, turban is not allowed in India...The Gandhi family under a conspiracy raped our mothers and sisters in the… pic.twitter.com/t7P0cNsmyP
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Gandhi’s remark in the US on religious freedom for Sikhs sparked a row. He had said that Sikhs in India might not be allowed to practice their religious faith freely.
#WATCH | Delhi: Congress leader Tariq Anwar says, "Ravneet Bittu has just joined BJP from the Congress party and he wants to prove that he follows the ideology of BJP and is anti-Rahul Gandhi. That's why he is making these kinds of absurd statements..." https://t.co/IcpxLHYtyz pic.twitter.com/vlejvlX0ay
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At a diaspora event in Virginia Gandhi also said, “The fight is about whether he, as a Sikh, is going to be allowed to wear a turban in India; or whether, he as a Sikh, will be allowed to wear a kada in India...That’s what the fight is about.”
His remarks drew condemnation from the BJP which accused him of defaming the country.
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Bittu accused Gandhi of trying to break a religion. “Abroad he is saying that wearing a kada, turban is not allowed in India...The Gandhi family under a conspiracy raped our mothers...Bullets were fired at the Golden Temple...Why are they teasing Sikhs? What do they want to do? He is speaking the language of terrorists like Pannun who are sitting abroad,” he said.
Meanwhile, senior Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit told ANI, "We can only pity such people. His political career in Congress was also a mess."
After resigning from Congress and joining BJP, he is showing his loyalty to the party through such comments, Dikshit added.
