Dec 01 , 2015
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Don’t learn ‘wrong lessons’ from Pakistan: Congress
Rahul Gandhi asks govt to listen to people who have been disturbed over recent incidents of intolerance
NEW DELHI – India’s Congress party’s vice president Rahul Gandhi launched a scathing attack on the government on the issue of intolerance, telling it not to learn the ‘wrong lessons’ from Pakistan, saying the neighbouring country became a ‘failure’ because their leaders crushed voices of their people...were intolerant.“I request government, please do not learn the ‘wrong lessons’ from Pakistan. Be tolerant. Listen to your people, embrace your own people. Mahatma Gandhi gave voice to the people. Pakistan became a failure because their leaders crushed voices of their people...were intolerant,” he said while speaking on the debate of intolerance in the Lok Sabha.
“People like Narayana Murthy, Raghuram Rajan and Pushpa Mittra Bhargava are among the many protesting... They are disturbed like millions of other people. Respect them and try to understand what is disturbing them. Go and listen to them,” he said.
Rahul said that he regretted that the prime minister remained silent after the Dadri lynching incident despite the fact that the son of the person killed was an air force personnel. “The ultimate responsibility for his protection is with the prime minister who remained silent,” he said.
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk