“May not Get Respect Or Pleasure”: Rahul Gandhi On Jyotiraditya Scindia Joining BJP
“I do know Jyotiraditya Scindia’s ideology, he used to be with me in school,” Rahul Gandhi mentioned
New Delhi:
Rahul Gandhi, talking on his shut aide Jyotiraditya Scindia’s defection to the BJP, mentioned he “deserted his ideology” as a result of he used to be anxious about his political long term. “There’s a distinction between what Jyotiraditya Scindia is pronouncing and what’s in his center,” the Congress chief instructed newshounds, reminding that that they had identified each and every different since school days.
Jyotiraditya Scindia hand over the Congress, his birthday party of 18 years, and joined the BJP the day past in some of the high-profile crossovers lately. At a press convention on the BJP headquarters the day past, he mentioned the Congress had misplaced contact with truth and used to be not the birthday party it was.
“This can be a struggle of ideology, transparent lower. On one facet is Congress and the BJP-RSS at the different. I do know Jyotiraditya Scindia’s ideology, he used to be with me in school, I do know him really well. He were given anxious about his political long term, put his ideology in his pocket and went with the RSS,” mentioned Rahul Gandhi.
“The truth is, he’ll get neither appreciate there, neither will the emotion in his center get delight. I’ve an previous friendship with Jyotiraditya,” predicted the MP, who hand over as Congress president ultimate 12 months after the birthday party’s 2d immediately nationwide election drubbing.
Mr Scindia, as soon as with regards to the Gandhis, have been in a sulk for greater than a 12 months however assets with regards to him have claimed that he didn’t get an appointment with Congress’s first circle of relatives. His cousin Pradyot Manikya Debbarma, a former Tripura royal, mentioned: “I do know for a truth Jyotiraditya Scindia used to be seeking to meet Rahul Gandhi for months, no appointment used to be given.”
Countering this, Mr Gandhi mentioned the day past that Mr Scindia used to be amongst those that may just stroll into his space anytime. “He’s the one chap in Congress who may just stroll into my space anytime,” he mentioned.
Mr Gandhi additionally re-tweeted his personal put up from just about 15 months in the past, when he had brokered peace between Kamal Nath and Mr Scindia within the struggle for Madhya Pradesh leader ministership. The picture, appearing him linking hands with the feuding leaders, used to be captioned: “The 2 maximum robust warriors are persistence and time — Leo Tolstoy.”
On the BJP press meet, Mr Scindia used to be inspired via birthday party leader JP Nadda to “discuss freely as there’s democracy right here”, however the former Congress chief stored his grievance confined to the birthday party, with out naming people.
