'If Karma Strikes Him Back...': Assam CM Himanta Sarma On Rahul Gandhi's Expulsion

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Sarma has dubbed Rahul Gandhi's disqualification as 'Karma striking him back' as he dishonoured the ordinance to prevent the immediate disqualification of a convicted MP.

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma has responded to Rahul Gandhi's disqualification calling it 'Karma striking him back' ( Image Source :PTI )

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has launched a no-holds-barred attack on Rahul Gandhi, saying his expulsion from Parliament was 'Karma striking him back' as he dishonoured the ordinance to protect convicted MPs from immediate disqualification which was brought in by then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in 2013.

Sarma said, "As far as the matter of disqualification is concerned, If Karma strikes him back, then where is our fault? In Hinduism, we do believe that Karma strikes you back. When Manmohan Singh was the Prime Minister, he brought the ordinance that an MP should not be immediately disqualified but Rahul Gandhi himself dishonoured it."

Speaking on the Modi-surname remark case in which Rahul Gandhi was convicted, he said, “You go and personally ask the OBC leaders of the Congress whether they are happy? Who will be happy? Giving a statement is different but will someone like it if it is said that the whole community is a thief? This is nothing but the pride of an individual harming the dignity of a particular community. The Judiciary has done the right thing. If you do not like the decision of the judiciary, then go to a higher court.”

Taking on Rahul Gandhi for not issuing an apology, Sarma said, “We also do politics and sometimes we may speak out a couple of wrong words but that is not a big thing, but immediately after that, either the party men remind you that you have said something wrong or we may ourselves realise that we shouldn’t have said that. In such a case, what we generally do is either we release a press statement or come before the media and apologise."

“In the past five years, Rahul Gandhiji did not apologise to anyone. This apology was not meant for Narendra Modi ji, the apology was due to the entire OBC community. Today even after the court verdict, Rahul Gandhi is sitting like a fighter jet, that I will fight the judiciary now. If you think that only you have pride, then the OBC community of our country also have their self-pride. This is the reality and there is no politics behind it," he added.

“You are a leader of the opposition and you are not barred from going to any meeting. You do rallies, meetings, do Bharat Jodo Yatra, there is no prohibition, but don’t pass such unacceptable remarks against any community, this is not right," he said.

Earlier on Thursday, Rahul Gandhi was disqualified from the Lok Sabha after he was convicted in a defamation case by a Surat court.

A notice issued by the Lok Sabha Secretariat said he stood disqualified from the House from March 23, the day of his conviction. He now has to move a higher court and get his conviction stayed.