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Union Ministers Anurag Singh Thakur and Dharmendra Pradhan during a press conference, at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Headquarters, in New Delhi on Friday, 24 March, 2023..
The BJP on March 24 called Congress leader Rahul Gandhi a habitual offender who believed that the law of the land did not apply to him, and asked him to reflect on why he hasnt been getting good legal advice from his own party, despite it being full of good lawyers...
Union Ministers Dharmendra Pradhan and Anurag Thakur, addressing a press conference here, asserted that neither the BJP nor the government had any role in Mr. Rahuls disqualification from Lok Sabha as the Supreme Court had made it clear that a lawmaker loses his membership from the time of his conviction in a criminal case.. Conspiracy within Congress..
Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur suggested that a conspiracy within the Congress might have played a role in its leaders not approaching a higher court for relief for Mr. Rahul after his conviction on Thursday as it had done so in the case of Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera within hours of the Assam Police arresting him...
Mr. Gandhi has always considered himself above Parliament, government and the country, Mr. Thakur said, referring to his alleged recent remarks about Indian democracy in the United Kingdom.. He had to apologise to the Supreme Court for his defamatory remarks in the Rafale case but did not mend his ways, Mr. Thakur added..
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