KARNAL :

 

UNION Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday accepted the debate challenge posed by the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, while counter-challenging him to discuss any substantial issues inside the Parliament. Addressing a massive rally during the BJP’s ‘Save Democracy, Remove Anarchy’ foot march in Karnal, the Union Home Minister said, “If you (Rahul Gandhi) wish to engage in a responsible discussion, if your concerns hold truth, substance, and logic, then come and discuss them inside Parliament. Let’s face each other head-on! But you won’t be able to handle the answers; as always, you will just run away.” Dismissing the Opposition’s public rallies as ineffective political “gimmicks,” Shah declared that the Union Government is ready to convene a special session of Parliament to discuss any concerns, provided the Congress leadership formally requests it through proper constitutional procedures. “I want to challenge Rahul Gandhi directly. You challenge PM Narendra Modi to a discussion? If you want a discussion, just write a letter to the Prime Minister.

 

We are ready to convene a special session of Parliament to discuss the SIR exercise,” he said. “Do you truly believe that an80-year-old democracy will fall for your deceptions? Rahul ji, we are the people of the streets. The BJP will provide a fitting response to you in Parliament, in the Legislative Assemblies, in our villages, and in our fields; and should you choose to gather crowds, BJP workers will be there to give you a befitting reply. The ‘Save Democracy, Remove Anarchy’ rally has served to deliver a strong and decisive response to Rahul Gandhi,” he said. HUNDREDS JOIN SHAH’S ‘LOKTANTRA BACHAO, ARAJAKTA HATAO’ MARCH: Hundreds of people joined Amit Shah on Thursday as the Union Home Minister led the BJP’s ‘Loktantra Bachao, Arajakta Hatao’ march in Haryana’s Karnal. The march began from Sector 12 and culminated at the Dayanand Chowk, where Shah and other senior BJP leaders addressed a public rally, party sources said. Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, Union Minister and Karnal MP Manohar Lal, State BJP chief Archana Gupta, the party’s Haryana in-charge Smriti Irani and several state ministers walked along side Shah, as BJP workers and supporters joined the march in large numbers, waving the tricolour.