Germany takes note of Rahul Gandhi's disqualification from LS; BJP, Cong trade barbs

As Germany took note of Rahul Gandhis disqualification from Lok Sabha the BJP on Thursday accused the Congress of inviting foreign powers for interference in Indias internal matters and the Opposition party hit back alleging that its rival was attempting to divert attention from the Adani issueIn a tweet Thursday senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh thanked German foreign ministry and Richard Walker Chief International Editor of Deutsche Welle for taking note of how the Democracy is being compromised in India through persecution of Rahul GandhiHe tagged a tweet by Walker in which the senior journalist had posted a video of a German foreign ministry spokesperson reacting to Gandhis disqualificationAt a press briefing Germanys foreign ministry spokesperson said We have taken note of the verdict of first instance against Indian opposition politician Rahul Gandhi as well as the suspension of his parliamentary mandateTo our knowledge Mr Gandhi is in a position to appeal the verdict It will then become clear whether this verdict will stand and whether the suspension of his mandate has any basis the spokesperson was quoted as sayingGermany expects that standards of judicial independence and fundamental democratic principles will equally apply to the proceedings against Rahul Gandhi the spokesperson addedA host of BJP leaders attacked the Congress and Singh accusing the party of inviting foreign interference in internal affairsSharing a screenshot of Digivijaya Singhs tweet Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said Thank you Rahul Gandhi for inviting foreign powers for interference into Indias internal mattersRemember Indian Judiciary cant be influenced by foreign interference India wont tolerate foreign influence anymore because our Prime Minister is Shri narendramodi Ji Rijiju saidAlso Read Maharashtra Sharad Pawar convinces Rahul to avoid referring to Veer SavarkarHitting back at Rijiju Congress media department head Pawan Khera said Mr Rijiju why divert from the main issue The issue is that the Prime Minister cannot answer Rahul Gandhis questions about AdaniInstead of misleading people please answer the questions Khera saidBJPs IT department head Amit Malviya also tagged Singhs tweet and said Shameful that Congress continues to lean on foreign agencies and seek their intervention in Indias internal affairsRahul Gandhi had recently sought Europe and US intervention and now it is Digvijay Singh But Law is the Lawiquest Unless somebody thinks Law is not the Law for them he saidBJP spokesperson Jaiveer Shergill also hit out at the Congress alleging that the party celebrating GermanyUS remarks on Rahul Gandhis case shows their political desperationRejected by Indian voters now looking for acceptance by foreign powers is sad reality of Congress Judiciary must take note of daily maligning of courts by Congress brigade he saidTagging Singhs tweet BJP leader Vijay Chauthaiwale said on Twitter Look how happy digvijaya_28 ji with comments from Germany It only shows how they are desperate to involve external agencies in the domestic mattersGandhi was disqualified from Lok Sabha on March 23 after a court in Gujarats Surat convicted him in a 2019 defamation caseEarlier this week a US state department official had said the United States is watching the court case of Rahul Gandhi The official had observed that the US continues to engage with India on the shared commitment towards democratic principles and the protection of human rights including freedom of expressionThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever