‘Completely Shameless’: Rajeev Chandrasekhar Slams Rahul Gandhi, Kerala CM On Church Land Remarks – News18

Final Up to date:April 06, 2025, 16:27 IST

Rahul Gandhi had earlier claimed that the RSS and the federal government would shift their focus in direction of Christians and church land after the profitable passage of the Waqf Act.

Kerala BJP President Rajeev Chandrasekhar criticised Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan for claiming that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Central authorities will goal Catholic Church land following the profitable passage of the Waqf Modification Act.

Rahul Gandhi shared an article on X on Saturday, which claimed that the RSS had now shifted focus to Catholic Church land after the Waqf Invoice was cleared within the Parliament. “I had mentioned that the Waqf Invoice assaults Muslims now however units a precedent to focus on different communities sooner or later. It didn’t take lengthy for the RSS to show its consideration to Christians,” Gandhi mentioned within the put up.

Following Gandhi’s assertion, Vijayan mentioned the RSS article concerning the church’s possession of land “lays naked the Sangh Parivar’s deep-rooted antagonism in direction of minorities.” He additional accused the RSS of concentrating on and isolating minorities and known as for “secular forces” to unite in resistance.

Chandrasekhar lashed out at Rahul Gandhi’s response on X and mentioned the “Structure waving, India bashing” chief ought to study the Structure earlier than utilizing it for his “politics of lies”.

‘Congress Spreading Communal Poison’

“Each level made by every Cong MP in the course of the Waqf debate concerning the structure was a complete lie – together with that Artwork 25,13,14 shall be violated by this act. LIES, LIES AND extra shameless Lies. If Cong MPs weren’t protected by Parliamentary privilege, they might be prosecuted for Lies and spreading communal poison,” he mentioned in a put up.

Talking concerning the article on church land, the BJP chief mentioned the journalist discovered it to be inaccurate and deleted it, including that proudly owning land shouldn’t be against the law. “Nevertheless, grabbing it from folks as Cong leaders in Karnataka do and Waqf tried to do is fallacious. Scamming folks, mendacity to folks, poisoning folks with Lies, betraying individuals who vote for you and so on. That’s fallacious. That’s what Rahul Congress does,” he additional mentioned.

Chandrasekhar additionally mocked Vijayan for “leaping in a race for appeasement” and accused him of wrecking Kerala’s economic system. “It takes lots of political hubris for a CM – who has wrecked the states economic system, put youth on the mercy of medicine and file joblessness and has been caught with a govt invested firm shovelling cash to his daughters “IT” firm – to leap on Rahuls bandwagon to poison hearts and minds of individuals of Kerala. But it surely is not going to work.”

His remarks got here after the Kerala CM’s daughter was named within the Cochin Minerals and Rutile Restricted (CMRL)-Exalogic case. In line with the Severe Fraud Investigation Workplace (SFIO), Veena Vijayan and her firm have been paid Rs 2.73 crore regardless of no providers being rendered.

‘Completely Shameless’

Additional reacting to Rahul Gandhi’s remarks, Chandrasekhar mentioned, “There’s something completely shameless about Rahul Gandhi’s politics. It’s past shamelessness as a result of the person and his get together by no means cease mendacity and by no means cease making an attempt to poison the minds of the minorities of Kerala and the minorities of India.”

“Each phrase these folks used within the debate on the Waqf Invoice was a lie…The folks of Kerala are clever folks. They may by no means fall for one of these politics anymore once more, and it’s a BJP/NDA solemn responsibility to show them,” he additional informed information company ANI.

The Waqf (Modification) Invoice, which seeks to change the functioning of the Waqf board and properties, was handed within the Parliament after two marathon debates. It obtained the presidential approval late yesterday, which suggests it can formally change into a legislation.

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