04-23-2008, 06:57 AM
<b>Description of Rahul Gandhi as 'Yuvraj' totally distorted:Cong </b>
Tue, Apr 22 07:28 PM
New Delhi, Apr 22 (PTI) Seeking to end the controversy over a party MP describing Rahul Gandhi as a 'Yuvraj', the Congress today said his comments had been totally distorted by the Opposition BJP. "The person who opposed him in the Rajya Sabha has totally distorted and conveyed a false impression.
What was sought to be conveyed was simply the personality of the person who lies in the hearts of the people, who is liked by the masses," AICC spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi told reporters here. "The first sentence is 'Yuvraj of the people'.
But unfortunately, this has been blown up and distorted," he said. Singhvi reminded that a few days ago, the AICC had stated that the Congress and the senior leadership of the party has never believed in sycophancy and has distanced itself from it.
Description of Gandhi as a "Yuvraj" (prince) of common man by a Congress member sparked off an uproar in the Rajya Sabha yesterday, with the BJP objecting to the use of the term and calling it a blot on democracy. Congress MP E M Sudarsana Natchiappan said by marching to the Divisional Commissioner's office in Jhansi to know why people were being deprived of their right to employment under the NREGS, Gandhi had proved himself to be "Yuvraj of people and the Yuvraj of my party".
"If there is a Yuvraj, there has to be Rajmata and a Maharaja," retorted Balbir Punj of the BJP, who took the floor after Natchiappan, saying Yuvraj was "unacceptable in a democracy". PTI.
Tue, Apr 22 07:28 PM
New Delhi, Apr 22 (PTI) Seeking to end the controversy over a party MP describing Rahul Gandhi as a 'Yuvraj', the Congress today said his comments had been totally distorted by the Opposition BJP. "The person who opposed him in the Rajya Sabha has totally distorted and conveyed a false impression.
What was sought to be conveyed was simply the personality of the person who lies in the hearts of the people, who is liked by the masses," AICC spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi told reporters here. "The first sentence is 'Yuvraj of the people'.
But unfortunately, this has been blown up and distorted," he said. Singhvi reminded that a few days ago, the AICC had stated that the Congress and the senior leadership of the party has never believed in sycophancy and has distanced itself from it.
Description of Gandhi as a "Yuvraj" (prince) of common man by a Congress member sparked off an uproar in the Rajya Sabha yesterday, with the BJP objecting to the use of the term and calling it a blot on democracy. Congress MP E M Sudarsana Natchiappan said by marching to the Divisional Commissioner's office in Jhansi to know why people were being deprived of their right to employment under the NREGS, Gandhi had proved himself to be "Yuvraj of people and the Yuvraj of my party".
"If there is a Yuvraj, there has to be Rajmata and a Maharaja," retorted Balbir Punj of the BJP, who took the floor after Natchiappan, saying Yuvraj was "unacceptable in a democracy". PTI.