Congress president Kharge also hit out at the BJP over the issue.”Prime Minister Modi himself had insulted the farmers by calling them ‘andolanjeevi” and ‘parjeevi (parasites’ in Parliament, he even refused to observe two minutes of silence for the martyred farmers in Parliament,” he alleged.”Modi ji had also made a false promise of forming a committee on MSP and doubling the income of farmers. When Modi ji can do all this himself, then what else does the country expect from his supporters except insulting the martyred farmers!” Kharge said.”This shameful and highly reprehensible anti-farmer ideology is the DNA of the Modi government,” he said.Congress’ social media head and spokesperson Supriya Shrinate said the government should also clarify on the actor-politician’s claim that the US and China were conspiring to create instability within the country.Shrinate said at a press conference here, “No leader till date has used the words Kangana Ranaut has used against the farmers. When Kangana’s statement created outrage, the BJP was asked about its official stand.” “Haryana elections are near and it is known that the BJP is going to lose. In such a situation, a statement came from the BJP in which disagreement was expressed with Kangana’s comments,” she said.The Congress spokesperson said if this is not the BJP’s opinion then Kangana should be expelled from the party.”The one who has said this about the farmers does not have the right to sit in Parliament. Tell Kangana to apologise to the farmers or the BJP should apologise,” Shrinate said.”Your (BJP) MP is saying that two foreign powers, America and China, were conspiring to create instability and unrest in India. The Ministry of External Affairs and the Home Ministry should tell whether this is true? If this is not true then the government should state that it is not so,” the Congress leader said.Shrinate said the government should give an explanation.If foreign powers are creating unrest in the country then the Narendra Modi government is weak, she said.Earlier, the BJP in a statement said, “The statement made by BJP MP Kangana Ranaut in the context of the farmers’ movement is not the opinion of the party. The Bharatiya Janata Party expresses its disagreement with the statement made by Kangana Ranaut.” On behalf of the BJP, Ranaut is neither permitted nor authorised to make statements on the party’s policy issues, it said.”On behalf of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Kangana Ranaut has been directed not to make any such statements in future…The Bharatiya Janata Party is committed to follow the principles of ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas and Sabka Prayas’ and social harmony,” it added.
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