The Congress party has filed a police complaint against Union Minister Ravneet Singh Bittu for allegedly calling Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi a “number one terrorist of the country". Congress treasurer and former Union Minister Ajay Maken also lodged complaints against three other National Democratic Alliance (NDA) leaders for making objectionable remarks against Gandhi.


Maken, along with All India Mahila Congress Committee (AIMCC) chief Alka Lamba filed a complaint against against the four BJP leaders at Tughlak Road Police Station in Delhi. Apart from Buttu, the other leaders named in the complaint are Tarvinder Singh Marwah, a former BJP MLA from Delhi, BJP-supporting Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Gaikwad, and Raghuraj Singh, a minister from Uttar Pradesh.






Talking to the reporters outside the Tughlak Road Police Station, the Congress Rajya Sabha MP Maken said that BJP's Tarvinder Singh Marwah had issued a death threat to Rahul Gandhi in Delhi last week. He noted that last week, Marwah had said, "Rahul Gandhi, be careful, or the same fate will happen to you as it did to your grandmother." (Translation of Marwah's Hindi statement)


"We all know that Indira Gandhi was martyred after taking 34 bullets to her chest. Rajiv Gandhi was blown to pieces because he initiated peace talks. Rahul Gandhi's family has made sacrifices for the country, and today, Rahul Gandhi is being told to be careful, or he will meet the same fate," Maken said.


The Congress leader further criticised the BJP for not condemning the statements or taking any action against its leaders. "How can you say things like this to a person whose grandmother and father laid down their lives for the country?" he questioned, adding that maybe the statements were Bittu's "personal remarks, but even the BJP high command did not stop him from saying these things."


The Congress leader also pointed out another leader from a BJP ally said that anyone "who cuts off Rahul Gandhi's tongue would be rewarded with 11 lakh rupees."


"If someone doesn't like what Rahul Gandhi says because he speaks in the interest of the country, the poor, and the labourers, it doesn't justify issuing a threat to cut his tongue," Maken stressed, adding that both the Congress party and Rahul Gandhi are not afraid of such threats and would continue to "raise the voice for the backward, Dalits, and the poor."


In light of these statements, Maken has requested the registration of an FIR under sections 351, 352, 353, and 61 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) at the earliest. 


Bittu Reacts


The Union Minister has, meanwhile, reacted to the Congress's protest against him and said the grand old party is back to its old tricks. "Anyone who exposes the Gandhi family faces threats of arson and violence, reminiscent of the 1984 Sikh riots. Is this what they call their ‘Mohabbat ki dukan’? People are watching and taking note," he said. 






Recently, Bittu called Rahul Gandhi the "number one terrorist" in the country.