Priyanka Gandhi's arrogance to compare Gandhi family with Lord Ram: Anurag Thakur

Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Monday hit out Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra saying it was out of arrogance that she compared the Gandhi family with the dynasty of Lord RamWhile addressing a rally on Sunday to protest the disqualification of Rahul Gandhi as a member of Lok Sabha Priyanka Gandhi had criticised the BJP for labelling the Congress as a dynastic partyThey the BJP accuse us of dynasticismthen what was Lord Ram He was exiled but still fulfilled his responsibilities towards his family and motherland Was this dynasticism Did the Pandavas indulge in dynasticism she had askedThe senior BJP leader said there can be nothing more unfortunate than the comparisons drawn between Lord Ram and the Gandhi familyAlso Read Amid Rahul disqualification row Cong MPs to hold meeting in Parliament todayHey Prabhu Oh God India only had to wait to see this day A family which believes it is above Indias democracy above Parliament above the country That family is equating itself with Lord Ram said the information and broadcasting ministerThis arrogance of the brother and sister The entire nation is watching Let alone the country now they are not even sparing Lord Ram Thakur said while responding to questions from reporters outside Parliament on Priyanka Gandhis remarks at the rallyEarlier hitting out at Rahul Gandhi Thakur said the Congress leader can never be Veer Savarkar even in his best dreams as it required strong determination and love for the countryThakur was responding to repeated assertions by Rahul Gandhi that Savarkar was an apologist of the British colonisers and that he would never express any regret for criticising the BJPled governmentDear Shri Gandhi you can never be SAVARKAR even in your best dreams because being Savarkar requires strong determination love for Bharat selflessness and commitment the senior BJP leader said on Twitter on SundayRahul Gandhi can never be Savarkar even by a long shot because the freedom fighter neither travelled abroad for six months of the year nor sought help from foreigners against his country Thakur saidHe went to Britain to launch a movement to free Mother India from the chains of slavery the information and broadcasting minister said and added that it is time to expose lie master Rahul Gandhi for his nonstop nonsense against Veer Savarkar jiThakur also posted on Twitter a letter written by former prime minister Indira Gandhi on the occasion of the birth centenary of SavarkarVeer Savarkars daring defiance of the British government has its own important place in the annals of our freedom movement I wish success to the plans to celebrate the birth centenary of this remarkable son of India Indira Gandhi had written in her letter dated May 20 1980Thakur said the central government had released a documentary on Savarkar during the tenure of Indira Gandhi as prime minister to acknowledge his valour sacrifice and selfless service to the nationThe minister also shared excerpts from Bhagat Singhs Jail Notebook in which the revolutionary freedom fighter had made notes from books authored by SavarkarEven the Congress at its Kakinada Session in 1923 had passed resolutions supporting Savarkar the BJP leader said He said Indira Gandhi had even issued a postal stamp to acknowledge the contribution of Savarkar to the freedom movementJust imagine a person whose grandmother had honoured the great personality Veer Savarkar and none of the great men of that era have spoken ill about him By saying all these things Rahul Gandhi is not insulting Savarkar but his grandmother Netaji Bose Bhagat Singh and even Mahatma Gandhiji Thakur said PTI SKU