On Saturday evening, Senior Congress leader Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka led a rally of over 2,000 people in Asifabad to protest against the cancellation of Rahul Gandhi’s Lok Sabha membership. Bhatti Vikramarka alleged that the cancellation was a result of a conspiracy hatched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah. He claimed that the BJP government used defamation as a tool to target Rahul Gandhi, who was convicted by the Surat court in a false case and sentenced for two years. Although the court immediately granted bail and stayed the sentence for 30 days, allowing Rahul Gandhi to file an appeal in the High Court, the Lok Sabha Secretariat acted hastily to cancel his membership with immediate effect. Bhatti Vikramarka stated that this decision was unconstitutional and based on political vendetta.
Bhatti Vikramarka emphasized that while the Speaker of the Lok Sabha has discretionary power to expel or suspend a member from the legislature, this discretionary power should be in accordance with the spirit of the Constitution. However, in the case of Rahul Gandhi, the provisions of the Constitution were not honored, and he was targeted for political reasons. Bhatti Vikramarka claimed that this action was political antagonism, and the Speaker of the Lok Sabha should have acted within the limits of the Constitution.
Bhatti Vikramarka also highlighted Rahul Gandhi’s efforts to unite the country during his Bharat Jodo Yatra by meeting people from Kashmir to Kanyakumari. He also criticized the government’s failures, wrong economic policies, and how the country’s wealth was looted by people like Nirav Modi and Lalit Modi, who are involved in economic crimes. He stated that the BJP was frightened by Rahul Gandhi’s growing popularity and removed him from the Lok Sabha.
Bhatti Vikramarka emphasized that Rahul Gandhi has been fighting to protect democracy in the country. Therefore, supporting Rahul Gandhi was equivalent to protecting democracy, wealth, resources, and the Constitution of this country. He stated that people across the country are supporting Rahul Gandhi in this fight. He reminded that in 1975, former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was dismissed by the Allahabad High Court for six years. But later she contested and won subsequent elections with a huge majority.
Bhatti Vikramarka called upon all democrats, progressives, secularists, and Constitution lovers to protect democracy. He stated that the people of India are intelligent and have a history of punishing the governments that adopt authoritarian tendencies. He urged everyone to support Rahul Gandhi’s struggle to save democracy, which is being conspired against by the BJP government. Rahul Gandhi is promoting democracy, secularism, socialism, and progressive socialism.
