BJP is just a tenant, not owner of democracy, says Congress

The Congress on Tuesday said the ruling BJP is just a tenant and not the owner of democracy and asserted that holding the government to account does not amount to criticising the nationCongress spokesperson and chief of the partys media and publicity department Pawan Khera also said that the BJP was resorting to theatrics and drama to divert the countrys attention from the Adani issueTaking a barb at the BJP he said the party will be seen as Jai Chands in history and claimed its ideological forefathers were known apologisers of the British after the BJP attacked Rahul Gandhi as Mir JafarRahul Gandhi is demanding answers from the prime minister on the deeds of his friend and a worried BJP is trying to enact new dramas to divert attention from the Adani issue Khera told reporters He termed these actions of the government as theatricsNoting that Amit Shah and the Shehanshah know that Gandhi will not apologise but I personally feel sad that BJP spokespersons come without preparation and bother you in the morningIt is sad that those who apologised to the British and those who remained loyal to London and who took pension from the British Viceroy are giving sermons on Patriotism to usCriticising the works of the government do not amount to criticising the country The government is for the country and not vice versa and the BJP should understand this Khera said He said democracy will only be strengthened if discussions on the state of democracy continue and democracy will be weakened if such discussions stop We want discussionsAlso read I cannot be intimidated by police cases says Rahul GandhiI have a suggestion to Shah and Shehanshah that you are just tenants of democracy and not landlords who are the people I urge you to remain tenants and not try and become landlords We request the prime minister the home minister and the entire cabinet to start thinking about democracy and not about their friend he also saidQuestioning why the government was running away from instituting a JPC probe into the Adani issue he said even the name of Adani spoken by Congress leaders are expunged from parliamentary recordsWe want to know why a JPC is not being instituted You want to become Jai Chand of democracy then do not say why they will be called Jai Chands We urge you to think about the country and not your friend Khera said adding these are people whose ideological forefathers have been historically known to be the apologists for the British and and today they are giving us lectures on patriotism It is an ironyThe Congress and other opposition parties have been demanding a JPC into the Adani issue while the BJP is demanding an apology from Gandhi for his democracy under threat remarks made in London Parliament has not been able to function due to the logjam for the last few days ever since the start of the second part of the budget session on March 13This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever