New Delhi: Accusing the Congress of committing a “sin” over reports that a leader at the recent CWC meeting made critical remarks about India’s first home minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on the issue of Jammu and Kashmir, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday asked if the grand old party's leadership will take action against him.
Citing reports that permanent Congress Working Committee (CWC) invitee Tariq Hameed Karra had credited Jawaharlal Nehru for Jammu and Kashmir’s integration with India and had alleged that Patel wanted to keep the valley out, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra asked whether Congress president Sonia Gandhi or Rahul Gandhi objected when the Kashmiri leader “vilified” Patel and presented India's first home minister as a “villain” while praising the country’s first prime minister.
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“Was Karra reprimanded? Will he be axed from the CWC?” Patra asked.
Accusing the grand old party of constantly insulting leaders like Subhas Chandra Bose, Patel and Hindutva ideologue Veer Savarkar, Patra alleged the Congress is reduced to being a family’s party and works to advance the family's rule.
“What sort of mindset is this that one family has done everything and others have done nothing? What the CWC has done is a sin?” he said, PTI reported.
Asserting that Karra also batted for Rahul Gandhi to take over as the Congress chief while lauding the contribution of the Nehru-Gandhi family and criticising Patel, the BJP spokesperson said: “This is the height of sycophancy.”