Congress leader Kapil Sibal had called for scrapping the sedition law, saying the opposition party supports those wanting to divide the country rather than contributing towards making a new India.
The BJP-led government at the Centre is committed to make India a strong and resurgent nation while the Congress is standing with those who raise anti-India slogans, Union minister Smriti Irani said on Friday.
On one hand, the government resolves to ensure a strong, resurgent India, by strengthening the possibilities of not only our young but also our families. On the other hand, Congress continues to support forces who raise slogans like "Bharat tere tukde honge", said Smriti Irani, adding one of its senior leaders had advocated repealing the law that defined sedition.
Congress leader Kapil Sibal had called for scrapping the sedition law, saying the opposition party supports those wanting to divide the country rather than contributing towards making a new India.
Stating that the Congress has a "venomous approach" towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi, she asked: As citizens of this country, let us ask the Congress president and the Congress party, would they have the guts to stand in public places and repeat that slogan against India and its interests?
Irani also termed the Congress' allegations regarding the controversial Rafale deal as "malicious".
"I just want to say that an issue, which the SC has cleared, on which Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman spoke for over 90 minutes in the Parliament, on which the CAG has all the files and are preparing their report, the Congress' attempts of launching a malicious attempt repeatedly and promoting their own agenda over an issue while ignoring the national interests has been exposed in front of the public," Irani said.
On Mahagathbandhan, Irani said, "The parties are only repeating that individually they lack the strength to take on BJP."
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