In the letter, Venugopal pointed out what he called a “frightening and odious” death threat to Rahul Gandhi by Printu Mahadev, former state president of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the RSS student wing.
Venugopal said Mahadev is a spokesperson for the BJP and made these comments during a televised debate on a Malayalam channel.
“In a cheeky act of incitement to violence, Mr. Mahadev has openly declared that” Rahul Gandhi will be shot in the chest “. It is neither a shift in language, nor an imprudent hyperbola. It is a threat of cold, calculated and frightening death against the leader of the opposition and one of the main political leaders of India,” said Venugopal.
“That such toxic words be pronounced by an official spokesperson for the ruling party not only puts the life of Rahul Gandhi in immediate danger, but also undermines the Constitution, the rule of law and basic insurance of the security of the congress to all citizens – and even less the head of the opposition,” said the organization in general of the secretary general of the congress.
The central reserve police force (CRPF), entrusted to the security of Rahul Gandhi, wrote several letters concerning threats to his security, said Venugopal.
“Clancs, one of these letters addressed to the president of the Mallikarjun Kharge congress was disclosed to the media in mysterious circumstances, raising serious questions on the intention behind this.
“In this context, he is not only alarming but completely reprehensible that a spokesperson for the BJP feels sufficiently embraced to pronounce a threat of naked and open death which carries the publicity of a greater and cultivated plot to validate the violence against Rahul Gandhi,” said Venugopal.
In addition, there have been several cases of death threats and calls for violence against Rahul Gandhi propagated by various social media platforms supported or linked to the BJP, he said.
“It is now your responsibility to clarify what your party and the government do you openly represent the policy of criminal intimidation, death threats and violence that poison the public life of India,” asked Venugopal.
The congress and millions of Indians who admire Rahul Gandhi as a defender of their rights are seriously concerned about the imminent danger for his life, he said.
“Rahul Gandhi is a living embodiment of service and a constant commitment to the pluralist ethics of India. He advances the inheritance of a family which has sacrificed enormously for this nation-of Indira Gandhi, murdered in 1984 while defending national unity, to Rajiv Gandhi, in Marty in 1991, in 1984, in his efforts for peace and modern,” he said.
A threat of death against Rahul Gandhi is not just an attack on an individual but an attack on the democratic spirit he represents, added Venugopal.
“This threat is not only an imprudent explosion of a small civil servant; it is symptomatic of a deliberately cultivated toxic toxic atmosphere which makes LOP vulnerable to insane violence.
“As such, any failure of you to act quickly, decisively and public will be judged as complicity – a de facto license for the legitimization and normalization of violence against the head of the opposition and a serious violation of your oath as Minister of the Union,” said Venugopal.
The nation requires immediate and exemplary legal action through the state police so that justice is rapid, visible and severe, he said.
The chief of the media and advertising of the congress, Pawan Khera, said: “It is not only a punctual threat to the life of Rahul Gandhi. The letter written on the security of Rahul Ji by the government to Kharge Ji and the deliberate flight of its content makes it a plot.” Sensitive security problem of a leader who lost two family members against assassinations, this regime plays with fire, he said.
The head of the opposition to the Kerala Assembly, VD Satheesan, criticized the government of the state on Saturday and the police for not having acted against the chief who would have threatened Rahul Gandhi.
