New Delhi/Azamgarh: Congress was scrambling for cover after law minister Salman Khurshid said pictures of the Batla House encounter in which two Indian Mujahideen members were shot dead moved Sonia Gandhi to tears despite the minister and the party hastening to clarify the remarks.
Khurshid’s comments at a rally in Azamgarh on Thursday evening left Congress red faced and gave opposition BJP just the opening it was looking for at a time when the saffron party is under fire over the “porngate” controversy in Karnataka. BJP promptly demanded Khurshid’s resignation.
“Jab hamne wo tasveer unko (Sonia) dikhayee to unke aasu phoot pade (when we showed her the pictures, she began weeping),” TV footage showed Khurshid saying at the Azamgarh rally.
Khurshid’s reference to the encounter during an election meeting in Azamgarh in an apparent attempt to woo Muslim voters seems to have backfired as Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh swiftly asserted that that the account of the meeting with Sonia was incorrect. Singh’s clarification is not without irony as he has been at the forefront of demanding a judicial inquiry into the Batla House encounter and has been accused of pandering to minority vote banks.
Khurshid’s comments at a rally in Azamgarh on Thursday evening left Congress red faced and gave opposition BJP just the opening it was looking for at a time when the saffron party is under fire over the “porngate” controversy in Karnataka. BJP promptly demanded Khurshid’s resignation.
“Jab hamne wo tasveer unko (Sonia) dikhayee to unke aasu phoot pade (when we showed her the pictures, she began weeping),” TV footage showed Khurshid saying at the Azamgarh rally.
Khurshid’s reference to the encounter during an election meeting in Azamgarh in an apparent attempt to woo Muslim voters seems to have backfired as Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh swiftly asserted that that the account of the meeting with Sonia was incorrect. Singh’s clarification is not without irony as he has been at the forefront of demanding a judicial inquiry into the Batla House encounter and has been accused of pandering to minority vote banks.
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