'Narendra, surrender' remarks: J P Nadda slams Rahul Gandhi, says 'it is in your DNA'
NEW DELHI:
(BJP) national president
on Wednesday lashed out at
leader
for his "surrender" barb at
, saying that "Bharat never surrenders." Launching a scathing attack, he accused Congress of a long history of national "surrenders."
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Nadda's remark came a day after leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, at a Congress event in Bhopal, said that PM Modi "surrendered" after getting a call from US President Donald Trump during India-Pakistan conflict.
"A call came from Trump and Narendra ji immediately surrendered - history is a witness, this is the character of BJP-RSS, they always bow down," he had said during the event.
'Surrender is in Congress' DNA'
In a sharply worded post on X, Nadda said, "Rahul Gandhi, you may have surrendered, your party may have surrendered, your leaders may have surrendered because your history has been like this, but India never surrenders.
Surrender is in the dictionary of your party Congress, it is in your DNA."
"Rahul Gandhi, you should remember the tenure of your party's governments and how you 'surrendered' in history," he added.
Nadda further cited several instances from the past that he claimed reflected Congress's pattern of "surrenders."
"You surrendered to terrorism, surrendered in Sharm-al-Shekh, surrendered at the table in Shimla after winning the 1971 war, surrendered in the Indus Water Treaty, surrendered Haji Pir Pass, surrendered 160 km area of Chhamb sector, surrendered in the 1962 war, surrendered in 1948 and even surrendered to the Muslim League at the time of independence of the country," he wrote.
'Gair mullah iss kadar pyaaj khaane mein laga hai...'
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP and party spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi also criticised Rahul Gandhi over his "surrender" remarks on
.
"On one side, all-party delegation, which consists MPs from the opposition too, including Congress, which were sent by India to different countries to put forward India's stance, are coming back. On another side, by making extremely cheap, low-level statements, the self-proclaimed, self-styled, supreme leader, the leader of the opposition, Rahul Gandhi, is telling the world that even after becoming the LoP, he lacks the seriousness and maturity that the post requires.
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The matter is not just about his lack of maturity, but it is serious. How Rahul Gandhi compared our armed forces' valour and army officers' brief on Operation Sindoor's success with surrender, shows how sick and dangerous his mentality has become," Trivedi said during a press conference.
The BJP spokesperson said, "There is a saying in Hindi- 'Naya mullah zyada pyaaj khaata hai.' But here 'gair mullah iss kadar pyaaj khaane mein laga hai', that he doesn't realise how badly he is insulting this country's self-respect and the army's valour."
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