{"id":90592,"date":"2017-06-10T15:28:38","date_gmt":"2017-06-10T09:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/?p=90592"},"modified":"2017-06-10T15:28:38","modified_gmt":"2017-06-10T09:58:38","slug":"insult-father-nation-says-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/insult-father-nation-says-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Insult to father of Nation says Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Congress\u00a0 took strong exception to Amit Shah\u2019s comments on Mahatma Gandhi, saying they were an \u201cinsult\u201d to the father of the nation, and demanded an apology from the BJP president as well as Prime Minister Narendra Modi.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-90595 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/5-2.jpg\" alt=\" Insult to father of Nation says Congress\" width=\"560\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/5-2.jpg 870w, https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/5-2-768x388.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><br \/>\n\u201cRather than fighting casteism, they [BJP] identified even the father of the nation with his caste. This shows the character and ideology of the ruling party and its president. Where will these people take the country?\u201d party spokesperson Randeep Surjewala asked.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-90593 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/THSURJEWALA.jpg\" alt=\"     Insult to father of Nation says Congress\" width=\"486\" height=\"365\" \/><br \/>\n\u201cWe demand that Amit Shah, BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi apologise to the country, the families of freedom fighters and every citizen for insulting the freedom movement&#8230; and the father of the nation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The BJP chief on June 9 referred to Mahatma Gandhi as a \u201cbahut chatur baniya\u201d (a very clever Baniya \u2014 the trading caste) while addressing a gathering in Raipur. Mr. Shah also said that the Congress had never been a party based on principles. It was merely a \u201cspecial purpose vehicle\u201d to secure freedom.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-90594 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/amit-shah.jpg\" alt=\" Insult to father of Nation says Congress\" width=\"617\" height=\"343\" \/><br \/>\n\u201cAmit Shah, who himself is a trader of power, is today saying that the freedom movement was a business model. But in reality, before independence, Britishers used RSS and Hindu Mahasabha as a special purpose vehicle (SPV) for partition of the country,\u201d\u00a0 Surjewala alleged.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Congress\u00a0 took strong exception to Amit Shah\u2019s comments on Mahatma Gandhi, saying they were an \u201cinsult\u201d to the father of the nation, and demanded an apology from the BJP president as well as Prime Minister Narendra Modi. \u201cRather than fighting casteism, they [BJP] identified even the father of the nation with his caste. 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