US EditionEntire Sikh community anguished over Rahul Gandhi calling Union minister Raveent Singh Bittu traitor: BJP leader Arvinder Singh Lovely.
- On Wednesday , Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi called Union Minister Ravneet Singh Bittu a 'traitor' near Makar Dwar during the Parliament Budget Session, sparking a heated exchange captured on video.
- Mr. Puri said Gandhi called Bittu a 'traitor' because Bittu switched parties, citing his family history with Sardar Beant Singh, making it sensitive for the Sikh community.
- At a press conference at BJP HQ in New Delhi, Hardeep Singh Puri, Manjinder Singh Sirsa, Sardar R.P. Singh, and Arvinder Singh Lovely condemned Gandhi's remark, with `Mr. Puri said` and `It is unfortunate`.
- BJP leaders demanded the Lok Sabha Speaker take immediate action and condemned the insult to Sikhs, saying the entire Sikh community is anguished and parliamentary discourse must be decent.
- Framing the episode politically, BJP leaders warned the term 'traitor' denotes betrayal and said a Sikh Sardar can never be a traitor, arguing Congress's mindset remains unchanged.
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Entire Sikh community anguished over Rahul Gandhi calling Union minister Raveent Singh Bittu traitor: BJP leader Arvinder Singh Lovely.
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