New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah attacked Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday after the latter wondered why the BJP is raising the issue of removal of Article 370 in Rajasthan. Shah said that it is the "Italian culture" of the Congress to be blamed "for not understanding the very idea of India, PTI reported.
In a video of Kharge shared by Shah and other BJP leaders, on X, the Congress president could be heard saying, "Arre bhai, yahan ke logon se kya wasta hai (what has it got to do with the people here)?"
Kharge was slamming the BJP, wondering why the party was talking about the removal of Article 370 in Rajasthan when the removal of the article was to strip Jammu and Kashmir of its special status. BJP-led Centre abrogated Article 370 of the Indian Constitution in August 2019.
Shah wrote on X that it was "shameful" to hear Kharge's words. He said that Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India, and every state and citizen has a right over it, just as the people of Kashmir have a right over the rest of the country.
He claimed that Congress does not know that many brave sons of Rajasthan have sacrificed their lives for peace and security in Kashmir.
"But it is not merely the fault of the Congress leaders. It is mostly the Italian culture of the Congress party that is to blame for not understanding the very idea of India. Such statements hurt every patriotic citizen who cares for the unity and integrity of the nation. People will certainly answer Congress," Shah wrote on X.