UBT Sena MP Sanjay Raut. ANI
Shiv Sena UBT chief and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut has courted controversy by equating the BJP with terror organisation Hamas.
Reacting to a remark from Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on NCP Chief Sharad Pawar’s feedback on the Israel-Hamas battle, Sanjay Raut on Thursday stated that the occasion Assam CM belongs to is at least ‘Hamas’.
“The party he (Assam CM) belongs to is no less than Hamas, it is misusing the central agencies, and destroying the Opposition. He should first read and understand history. He is a part of BJP and should know former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s stand on Palestine-Israel” stated Sanjay Raut
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Earlier the Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had made a direct assault on Sharad Pawar and his daughter and Lok Sabha MP Supriya Sule.
“I think Sharad Pawar will send Supriya (Sule) to Gaza to fight for Hamas,” Sarma stated when questioned on Pawar’s speech.
Responding to Sarma, Lok Sabha MP Supriya Sule right now stated the BJP wanted to listen to Sharad Pawar’s speech rigorously earlier than making such remark.
“I am surprised because Himanta Biswa Sarma has the same DNA as me, he is originally from Congress. He & I share the same Congress DNA…You know how the BJP is disrespectful towards women. But I had hopes from Himanta Biswa Sarma. I am surprised how this change has happened towards women and the approach, probably going into BJP is a little rubbing off on him…BJP IT cell needs to understand & hear carefully what Sharad Pawar has said. Hear his entire statement” she stated.
Earlier on 15 October, whereas addressing occasion staff in Mumbai, the NCP supremo stated that the function of former Prime Ministers of India was “to help Palestine”.
“The role of Jawaharlal Nehru, Rajiv Gandhi, Indira Gandhi, Atal Bihari Vajpayee was to help Palestine. For the first time, the Prime Minister of this country supported the role of Israel. The stand of the NCP should be clear. We stand by the people who originally belonged to that land,” Pawar stated whereas talking in Mumbai.
This speech was broadly criticised by the BJP with Union Minister Piyush Goel dubbing it a rotten mindset.
“It is a pity that a person who has been India’s Defence Minister as well as a Chief Minister many times has such a casual view of issues relating to terror,” he posted on X.
“Pawar ji was a part of the same Government that shed tears on the Batla House encounter and slept while there were terror attacks on Indian soil. This rotten mindset has to stop. I hope Pawar ji at least now, thinks of the nation first,” he stated additional.