{"id":248485,"date":"2024-09-13T00:23:40","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T18:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=248485"},"modified":"2024-09-13T00:23:40","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T18:53:40","slug":"khandu-slams-gandhi-over-reservation-remark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2024\/09\/13\/khandu-slams-gandhi-over-reservation-remark\/","title":{"rendered":"Khandu slams Gandhi over reservation remark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ITANAGAR, 12 Sep:<\/strong> Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Thursday criticised Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his recent remark advocating abolition of reservations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Gandhi made the remark during a discussion with students and faculty members of Georgetown University in Washington DC on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Leader of the Opposition faced backlash for saying that the Congress would &#8220;end reservation&#8221; when India is a fair place.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Rahul Gandhi and the Congress have consistently undermined national unity and security. From supporting divisive agendas in J&amp;K to making anti-India statements abroad, their actions have repeatedly threatened the nation&#8217;s integrity,&#8221; Khandu posted on X.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Khandu said that Gandhi&#8217;s recent remarks on abolishing reservations further exposed the Congress&#8217;s longstanding opposition to inclusive policies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;The Congress, unable to challenge Modi Ji electorally, seems to have aligned with forces that seek to destabilise India. It&#8217;s crucial to stand firm against such attempts and safeguard the nation&#8217;s core values,&#8221; the chief minister said in the micro-blogging site.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on Gandhi over his remarks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Standing with forces that conspire to divide the country and making antinational statements have become a habit for Rahul Gandhi and the Congress. Whether it is supporting the JKNC&#8217;s antinational and anti-reservation agenda in J&amp;K or making anti-India statements on foreign platforms, Rahul Gandhi has always threatened the nation&#8217;s security and hurt sentiments,&#8221; Shah posted on X.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;I want to tell Rahul Gandhi that as long as the BJP is there, neither can anyone abolish reservations nor can anyone mess with the nation&#8217;s security,&#8221; Shah added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Issuing a clarification on his earlier remarks, Gandhi said he is not against reservation and his party will take reservation beyond 50 per cent if it comes to power. (PTI)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITANAGAR, 12 Sep: Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Thursday criticised Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his recent remark advocating abolition of reservations. Gandhi made the remark during a discussion with students and faculty members of Georgetown University in Washington DC on Tuesday. The Leader of the Opposition faced backlash for saying that the Congress would [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-248485","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248485\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}