Sonipat: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has again targeted Sonia Gandhi, this time over her return as the interim Congress chief after a three-month search by the party to choose a president, using the Hindi proverb "khoda pahad nikli chuhiya".
Addressing a poll rally in Kharkhoda on Sunday, Khattar launched a fierce attack on the Congress and the Jannayak Janta Party (JJP), asking the voters to show the door to these "family-based parties".
The Congress was quick to hit back, saying the remark by the chief minister showed the "anti-woman" character of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and demanded an immediate apology.
"The chief minister's remarks are inappropriate, he stooped to the lowest level and it also shows the anti-women character of the BJP. We strongly condemn his remark and demand that he must immediately tender an apology," the Congress party tweeted.
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कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष श्रीमती सोनिया गांधी जी के खिलाफ अपने तुच्छ बयान, महिलाओं के अपमान और असामाजिक सोच के लिए मुख्यमंत्री खट्टर को देश की समस्त महिलाओं से माफी मांगनी चाहिए।#MaafiMaangoKhattar pic.twitter.com/zxBzeLQjqU
— Congress (@INCIndia) October 14, 2019 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष श्रीमती सोनिया गांधी जी के खिलाफ अपने तुच्छ बयान, महिलाओं के अपमान और असामाजिक सोच के लिए मुख्यमंत्री खट्टर को देश की समस्त महिलाओं से माफी मांगनी चाहिए।#MaafiMaangoKhattar pic.twitter.com/zxBzeLQjqU
— Congress (@INCIndia) October 14, 2019कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष श्रीमती सोनिया गांधी जी के खिलाफ अपने तुच्छ बयान, महिलाओं के अपमान और असामाजिक सोच के लिए मुख्यमंत्री खट्टर को देश की समस्त महिलाओं से माफी मांगनी चाहिए।#MaafiMaangoKhattar pic.twitter.com/zxBzeLQjqU
— Congress (@INCIndia) October 14, 2019
Mahila Congress chief Sushmita Dev said Khattar's remarks against the Congress President are a clear reflection of his and the BJP's disrespectful attitude towards women.
"We in the Congress are committed to upholding the dignity in public life, but as a woman, I take offence to the disgraceful remark made and demand an unconditional apology," she said in a statement.
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Part 2:#BJP #RSS से #हरियाणा के मुख्यमंत्री श्री मनोहर लाल खट्टर द्वारा महिलाओं पर दिए गए ब्यान "मरी हुई चुहिया" पर मेरा ब्यान 🙏🇮🇳.
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महिलाओं के प्रति BJP नेताओं की संकीर्ण संघी सोच. @mlkhattar @BJP4India @INCIndia @narendramodi #India #Delhi #Haryana #Kashmir #Beti pic.twitter.com/HtftoBHyqA
">Part 2:#BJP #RSS से #हरियाणा के मुख्यमंत्री श्री मनोहर लाल खट्टर द्वारा महिलाओं पर दिए गए ब्यान "मरी हुई चुहिया" पर मेरा ब्यान 🙏🇮🇳.
— Alka Lamba - अलका लाम्बा🇮🇳 (@LambaAlka) October 14, 2019
महिलाओं के प्रति BJP नेताओं की संकीर्ण संघी सोच. @mlkhattar @BJP4India @INCIndia @narendramodi #India #Delhi #Haryana #Kashmir #Beti pic.twitter.com/HtftoBHyqAPart 2:#BJP #RSS से #हरियाणा के मुख्यमंत्री श्री मनोहर लाल खट्टर द्वारा महिलाओं पर दिए गए ब्यान "मरी हुई चुहिया" पर मेरा ब्यान 🙏🇮🇳.
— Alka Lamba - अलका लाम्बा🇮🇳 (@LambaAlka) October 14, 2019
महिलाओं के प्रति BJP नेताओं की संकीर्ण संघी सोच. @mlkhattar @BJP4India @INCIndia @narendramodi #India #Delhi #Haryana #Kashmir #Beti pic.twitter.com/HtftoBHyqA
Dev also said, "I strongly and unequivocally condemn Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar's remarks against Congress President Sonia Gandhiji. His remarks against the Congress President are deplorable and unparliamentary, it is a clear reflection of his and the BJP's disrespectful attitude towards women".
At the rally, Khattar said the Congress took three months to look for a national president outside the Gandhi family, but in the end, chose the family again and Sonia Gandhi became the interim chief.
"These family-based parties are there in the state and in the Centre too, what kind of 'tamasha' these 'Parivarvad' based parties are doing, you know it. Now, within the family too fights are taking place. On one side is Pappu and on the other side Mummy..," Khattar said.
"It was Pappu Chaudhary, he said he will not remain party chief after the Congress lost the Lok Sabha polls and Rahul Baba resigned as party chief. He then asked his party to look for new party chief the outside Gandhi family. We thought it was a good thing that they were moving away from "parivarvad" (dynastic rule). After all, we should appreciate good thing of opponents too," said Khattar.
"They started searching for national president throughout the country for three months and after that, you know who became the chief--Sonia Gandhi. Again the same Gandhi family. 'Khoda Pahad, Nikli Chuhiya (much ado over nothing), woh bhi mari hui', this is their condition," the chief minister said.
A week ago, Khattar at another poll rally in the state, had accused the Congress of sympathising with terrorists and said its party president Sonia Gandhi "sheds tears for militants".
In the Kharkhoda rally here on Sunday, Khattar also took potshots at the Congress, and said its former state unit chief Ashok Tanwar quit the party after levelling allegations that "tickets are being sold in the Congress".
He also took a dig at Congress over its manifesto.
"They have promised freebies for which Rs 1.25 lakh crore will be needed, which can never be fulfilled. They are making promises as if state's coffers are their 'Baap Ka Maal' (as if it is their father's property)," he said.
The JJP, which came into existence after a vertical split in the INLD, was also targeted by the chief minister.
"This party, Jhootee Jagda Party, will become the Jamanat Jabad Party as its candidates will lose badly," he said.
Targeting JJP leader Dushyant Chautala, he referred to him as "Gappu", saying he was only indulging in big talk and spreading lies.
Seeking votes for BJP candidate Meena Narwal, Khattar said the ruling outfit "gave clean and transparent administration and gave jobs on merit. We undertook equitable development without any regional bias."
Haryana Congress chief Kumari Selja sought an unconditional apology from Khattar and said that the CM's attitude towards women is disrepectful.
Kumar Selja asked the chief minister to reflect in what light remarks such as these portray women of Haryana and elsewhere.
"It is because of the mindset of people like you that Haryana has come to be known as the crime capital, which tops the country in crime. Crimes against women are on the rise," she said.
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.@MLKhattar ji,your repugnant comment shows that you have no concern for political civilities nor you value the sanctity of your position but worse-your zilch respect for women!Considering you were CM with this mindset,no wonder women safety was in the pits! #MaafiMaangoKhattar pic.twitter.com/QEKlZDU0yF
— Kumari Selja (@kumari_selja) October 14, 2019 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
">.@MLKhattar ji,your repugnant comment shows that you have no concern for political civilities nor you value the sanctity of your position but worse-your zilch respect for women!Considering you were CM with this mindset,no wonder women safety was in the pits! #MaafiMaangoKhattar pic.twitter.com/QEKlZDU0yF
— Kumari Selja (@kumari_selja) October 14, 2019.@MLKhattar ji,your repugnant comment shows that you have no concern for political civilities nor you value the sanctity of your position but worse-your zilch respect for women!Considering you were CM with this mindset,no wonder women safety was in the pits! #MaafiMaangoKhattar pic.twitter.com/QEKlZDU0yF
— Kumari Selja (@kumari_selja) October 14, 2019
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