JAIPUR: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmakers staged a walk out in the Rajasthan assembly on Tuesday over a statement made by the ruling Congress partyтАЩs state in-charge Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The BJP insisted that RandhawaтАЩs statement on Monday implied that he was talking about eliminating PM Modi, a charge denied by the Congress which insisted that RandhawaтАЩs remarks were not a call to harm the prime minister but made in the context of the BJP government at the Centre not agreeing to form a joint parliamentary committee to look into the allegations made by the US firm Hindenburg against the Adani Group.
тАЬIf Adani and Ambani have to be removed, Modi should be finished firstтАж then defeat the BJP,тАЭ Randhawa said at a protest meeting on Monday, according to news agency PTI.
тАЬEveryone is talking about Adani while they should be talking about Modi. He is destroying the country and the BJP at the Centre is selling the nation. So, our fight is not with Adani but directly with the BJP,тАЭ he said.
Rajasthan education minister BD Kalla sought to defend Randhawa, saying the state BJP leaders were twisting his statement.
тАЬRandhwa didnтАЩt state anything like that. He spoke of defeating Modi and saving the country. He didnтАЩt talk about eliminating ModijiтАжI was present there only,тАЭ he said.
The BJP flagged RandhawaтАЩs statement in the assembly soon after state party chief Satish Poonia wrapped up his speech on the state budget
BJP legislator Madan Dilawar said terrorists have entered Rajasthan and the state government wasnтАЩt doing anything about it. тАЬThere is a conspiracy to kill Modi,тАЭ he said.
Deputy leader of Opposition, Rajendra Rathore said, тАЬThe way such a comment has been made on the PM, it is condemnable.тАЭ
