Those losing ideological battle hatching 'conspiracy' to silence Rahul Gandhi: Congress slams BJP-RSS

The Congress on Monday escalated its attack on the BJPRSS over a former ABVP leaders controversial remarks targeting Rahul Gandhi saying those who are losing the ideological battle and whose theft has been exposed are hatching a conspiracy to silence the Leader of OppositionThe opposition party has flagged what it termed a chilling and heinous death threat to Rahul Gandhi by Printu Mahadev a former state president of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad ABVP the student wing of the RSSSpeaking with reporters Congress general secretary incharge organisation K C Venugopal said A BJP spokesperson issued an open threat during a TV debate I dont know why Kerala Police is not taking action thats why I wrote to Amit Shah Ji There is a clear threat from a BJP spokesperson We think this is part of a bigger conspiracy I have not received any response from the Home Minister yetCongress media and publicity department head Pawan Khera said A BJP spokesperson said on TV that Rahul Gandhi will be shot in the chest and no action has been takenBefore this CRPF wrote a letter to Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge ji on Rahul Gandhis safety and leaked it So why is his security being politicised and such an environment being created Khera saidThis stinks of a conspiracy he said and asked who is hatching this conspiracyThey are the same people who are losing the ideological battle who do not have the weapons of ideas to defeat counter ideas This conspiracy has to be exposed First you tried to silence Rahul Gandhi with abuses and now you are threatening him with bulletsYou are not able to digest the fact that people from Kashmir to Kanyakumari are getting attracted to the issues raised by Gandhi Your theft has been caught red handed you know it now that your time has passed Khera said in a video statement referring to allegations of vote chori levelled by Gandhi against the BJPHe asserted that the Congress will not allow such people to take recourse to violenceThe country is aware who is hatching the conspiracy and what it is Khera assertedIn his post on X the Congress leader said Every time the RSS fails to defeat the ideology of India their foot soldiers resort to physical violence And a Godse kills Gandhi Now when BJP is losing the ideological battle their spokespersons amp leaders are threatening to kill Rahul GandhiA conspiracy is afoot to silence the voice of millions of poor marginalised amp weaker sections Theres a conspiracy to silence Rahul Gandhi Khera saidVenugopal on Sunday wrote to Shah over the former ABVP leaders controversial remarks targeting Gandhi during a televised debate saying a failure to act against him swiftly will be judged as complicity and normalisation of violence against the Leader of Opposition in Lok SabhaVenugopal claimed Mahadev is a spokesperson of the BJP and made the remarks during a televised debate on a Malayalam channelIn a brazen act of incitement of violence Mr Mahadev openly declared that Rahul Gandhi will be shot in the chest This is neither a slip of tongue nor careless hyperbole It is a cold calculated and chilling death threat against the Leader of Opposition and one of Indias foremost political leaders Venugopal saidThat such poisonous words are uttered by an official spokesperson of the ruling party not only places the life of Rahul Gandhi in immediate danger but also undermines the Constitution rule of law and the basic security assurances owed to every citizen let alone the Leader of Opposition the Congress general secretary incharge organisation saidIt is now your responsibility to clarify what your party and the government stands for Do you openly endorse the politics of criminal intimidation death threats and violence that are poisoning Indias public life Venugopal had askedA death threat against Rahul Gandhi is not merely an attack on an individual but an assault on the democratic spirit he represents Venugopal addedThis threat is not just a careless outburst of a petty functionary it is symptomatic of a deliberately cultivated toxic atmosphere of hate that renders the LoP vulnerable to mindless violenceAs such any failure by you to act swiftly decisively and publicly will be judged as complicity a de facto licence for the legitimisation and normalisation of violence against the Leader of Opposition and a grave breach of your oath as the Union home minister Venugopal had saidThe nation demands immediate exemplary legal action through the state police so that justice is swift visible and severe he had saidThis 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