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The BJP connected Monday (May 1, 2026) deed retired astatine Rajya Sabha MP and elder advocator Kapil Sibal implicit his remarks criticising the ruling party, accusing him of "hating India" and alleging that helium remained soundless connected incidents of post-poll unit successful West Bengal successful 2021.
The onslaught came successful effect to Mr. Sibal's remarks connected Sunday (May 31) that helium was ashamed to unrecorded successful a state wherever the enactment successful powerfulness would usage immoderate means to destruct the foundations of democracy, referring to the onslaught connected TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee.
In a video statement, BJP nationalist spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla said the elder advocator earned "crores of rupees" by practising successful the country's Supreme Court and yet claimed to beryllium ashamed of surviving successful India.
"Kapil Sibal says that helium is ashamed to unrecorded successful India. The question is, erstwhile post-poll unit happened successful 2021, and much than 300 BJP workers and Congress workers were allegedly killed, Kapil Sibal ne'er opened his mouth. The aforesaid Kapil Sibal kept quiescent adjacent during cases specified arsenic RG Kar and Sandeshkhali," helium said.
Mr. Poonawalla said governmental differences with the authorities are acceptable, but questioned a "tendency" among immoderate Opposition leaders to onslaught the state due to the fact that of their Opposition to the BJP.
"Opposing the BJP is 1 thing, but wherefore reason India? You tin person governmental differences, but wherefore hatred India?" Mr. Poonawalla said.
He besides referred to Congress person Rahul Gandhi's past remarks and alleged that immoderate Opposition leaders routinely questioned India's antiauthoritarian institutions, judiciary and information forces.
"Today, conscionable due to the fact that you person a occupation with the BJP, you extremity up hating India. Rahul Gandhi says that helium volition combat the Indian state. He says ideology is implicit and that the U.S. and the U.K. request to intervene. Kapil Sibal says helium is ashamed to unrecorded successful India. Somebody other questions the valour of our forces during Operation Sindoor. Somebody questions the antiauthoritarian institutions of this country. Somebody challenges the judiciary," helium said.
Commenting connected the onslaught connected Banerjee, Mr. Poonawalla said cipher justified the heckling faced by him and claimed that immoderate of those arrested successful transportation with the incidental were linked to the Trinamool Congress.
"Whatever it whitethorn be, cipher has justified it," helium said, portion alleging that respective Opposition leaders are treating the occurrence arsenic an interior feud alternatively than condemning the incident.
"In fact, immoderate of the radical arrested look to beryllium linked to the TMC. A bulk of them person not condemned the attack. Perhaps, it is an interior combat and feud. Whatever it whitethorn be, cipher has justified it," helium said.
Mr. Poonawalla alleged that a conception of the Opposition was portraying India negatively earlier the satellite due to the fact that of its governmental Opposition to the BJP. "This shows how, successful Opposing the BJP, they extremity up Opposing the nation, and that is troubling," helium said.
Another BJP spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari besides slammed Sibal, saying that his remarks were "an insult of crores of Indian voters; voters of Bengal and Indian democracy".
