‘Wear turban and…’: Amit Shah demands Rahul Gandhi’s apology over remarks on Sikhs | Indian News

NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday hit out at Congress leader and leader of opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, accusing him of having a history of disrespecting the Sikh community. Shah also called on him to apologize for his recent remarks about the community at an event in the United States.
Addressing a public rally in Tohana, Amit Shah said, “Rahul Baba, what are you talking about – you have a history of disrespecting the Sikh community.Thousands of Sikhs were killed on roads during your government in Delhi riots, even children and mothers were “not spared.”
“Rahul Baba, if you want to do something, wear a turban, go to gurudwara and apologize to our Sikh brothers,” he added.
Rahul Gandhi had stirred a political controversy after his remarks on Sikh community at an event in US where the Congress leader specifically asked a Sikh attendee, “What is your name, brother with the turban,” and then said, “The fight is about whether a Sikh is going to be allowed to wear his turban in India or a kada in India Or he, as a Sikh, is going to be able to go to a. gurdwara. That’s what the fight is about. And not just for him, for all religions.”
“Fight is also about, I can see here in the crowd, people from Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Haryana, Telangana, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Kerala. When I say Kerala, I have been a Member of Parliament for Kerala. When I say Kerala, Kerala is a simple word, and Punjab is a simple word, but these are not simple words. This is your history, your language, your tradition. Your entire imagination is in these words,” he had further said.
Shah also accused Rahul of misleading the youth regarding the Agniveer scheme and said, “About Agniveer, Rahul Baba is misguiding the youths. I am firm in what I say, and today I am saying that none of the Agniveer of Haryana will be left. ”
The home minister also accused the previous government led by Bhupinder Singh Hooda of being controlled by dealers, ‘damaad’ (son-in-law), and the corrupt and said, “Dealers, ‘damaad’ and corrupt used to call shots when Bhupinder Singh Hooda ruled Haryana.”
“Congress governments were there – to make Delhi’s son-in-law, farmers’ land was allotted at very cheap rates. In Hooda Sahab’s government, dealers have a lot to say, the son-in-law has a say and the corrupts have a say. BJP has ended the govt of the dealer and son-in-law… Hooda Sahab has promised to give 2 lakhs jobs, it’s in the manifesto of Congress, I want to ask the leaders of Congress party -‘ye 2 lakh naukariyan kisko doge, jo yuva yogya hai usko doge ya jo aapko kharchi data, jiske paas aapki parchi hai usko doge?”, he added.
Furthermore, Shah labeled the Congress party as anti-Dalit, adding that, “If there is anybody who can protect SC, OBC reservation, it is PM Modi.”