Rahul Gandhi should not say anything ‘anti-national’: Rijiju

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju, slamming Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his remarks on foreign policy on Wednesday, said the Opposition leader should not say anything “anti-national”.

Rijiju was reacting to the criticism of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar by the leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha for “apprising” China President Xi Jinping about India-China ties.

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Rahul Gandhi had said he (Jaishankar) “is running a full-blown-circus” aimed to “destroy” the country’s foreign policy.”I guess the Chinese foreign minister will come and apprise Modi about the recent developments in China-India ties. The EAM is now running a full-blown circus aimed at destroying India’s foreign policy,” he wrote in a post on X.

Talking to reporters here, Rijiju said, “The way Rahul Gandhi tries to mislead people on foreign policy by speaking the language of Pakistan, it harms the country. We will suggest to him that as the leader of the Opposition, he should not say anything anti-national.”

“Now, you blame the prime minister for foreign policy, instead of uniting the country, you speak against the prime minister of the country. What does the country gain from this? Opposition does not mean abusing the country. The Opposition also has a role in doing good work for the country… When it comes to foreign policy, we should not be divided,” Rijiju said.

“During the Congress government, we did not attack the prime minister separately on foreign policy,” the parliamentary affairs minister stated.