BJP stages walkout over Randhawa’s PM remark

Jaipur: The Opposition BJP MLAs staged a walkout from the Assembly and party workers protested in the city on Tuesday over Congress state in-charge Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa’s statement that Prime Minister Narendra Modi must be “finished off” to save the country.
During a Congress protest meeting in Jaipur on Monday over crony capitalism, Randhawa had said, “If Adani-Ambani has to be removed, Modi and BJP should be finished off first and Adani then will go automatically.”

Speaking in Hindi, he had used the word “khatam”, which translates loosely as “end” or “eliminate”.
On Tuesday, BJP MLAs raised the issue during the debate in the House on the demand for grants for the agriculture department.
As soon as the state BJP president Satish Poonia's speech ended, other MLAs rose from their seats, claiming that the Congress leader had given a call to physically eliminate the PM.
BJP MLA Madan Dilawar said terrorists are hatching a conspiracy to eliminate Modi while the state government remains silent on the issue.
Dilawar was backed by other BJP MLAs. Amid the uproar, deputy leader of Opposition Rajendra Rathore announced a walkout over Randhawa's remark.
“The kind of comment Congress in-charge Randhawa made for the PM is condemnable,” he said.
Education minister B D Kalla defended the Congress leader. “Randhawa spoke of defeating Modi and saving the country. He did not talk about eliminating Modiji… I was present there,” he said.
BJP workers also held a protest Tuesday near the Congress office, demanding an apology from Randhawa.
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