Congress steps up attack on BJP after FIR against Rahul Gandhi over ‘purification’ row

After the Uttarakhand Police registered a case towards Chief of the Opposition within the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi over his remarks on the ‘purification’ ceremony which ‘insulted’ Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, the social gathering on Sunday (August 30, 2026) mentioned it “uncovered BJP’s casteist mindset”.

Congress normal secretary (organisation) Okay.C. Venugopal introduced that social gathering employees throughout the nation would take to the streets on Monday (August 31) night to demand “prosecution of the BJP leaders who insulted Kharge ji and to defend our Structure towards the BJP’s assault on its values of social justice”.

The social gathering described the primary data report (FIR) towards Mr. Gandhi, registered on Sunday, as an try and divert consideration from the allegations of caste discrimination and suppress the voices demanding motion towards these concerned within the purported “shuddhikaran” (purification) ceremony on the venue of Mr. Kharge’s public assembly in Haldwani in Uttarakhand.

A political row erupted after a bunch carried out shuddhikaran on August 11, three days after the Congress president addressed the rally.

‘BJP deployed your complete would possibly of the State’

“What’s worse is that the BJP jumped in to defend this abhorrently casteist behaviour, displaying to your complete world that they’re the most important perpetrators of social injustice right this moment,” Mr. Venugopal mentioned.

He alleged that the BJP was prepared to deploy the “total would possibly of the State” towards those that spoke out towards atrocities dedicated towards Dalits.

“What the BJP has finished is to assault the values of social justice enshrined within the Structure, and the Congress will combat towards this assault tooth and nail,” he mentioned, including, “We won’t relaxation till the true culprits of the insult to Kharge ji are punished, and this frivolous FIR towards Rahul ji is thrown within the dustbin”.

Congress normal secretary Jairam Ramesh mentioned Mr. Gandhi had raised the problems of injustice, humiliation and discrimination confronted by Dalits, and alleged that the BJP-RSS had “proved him proper” inside 24 hours.

“That is the very mindset towards which Babasaheb’s Structure stands as the best wall,” Mr. Ramesh mentioned, alleging that the BJP was searching for to divert consideration and suppress dissent.

“Motion have to be taken towards those that dedicated untouchability and humiliation towards Kharge ji within the title of ‘purification’. Nothing lower than justice will do,” he mentioned.

‘Why no FIR over purification?’

Congress normal secretary in command of Uttarakhand Kumari Selja questioned why no FIR had been registered towards those that allegedly carried out the ritual.

“No motion towards those that carried out the ‘purification’ ritual after Congress President Shri Mallikarjun Kharge ji’s public assembly, however an FIR towards Chief of Opposition Shri Rahul Gandhi ji for elevating his voice towards that casteist act. Is that this the justice of the BJP authorities?” she requested.

The Congress’s Scheduled Castes division chairman Rajendra Pal Gautam alleged that the incident amounted to a violation of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and questioned the police’s failure to behave towards these allegedly accountable.

Even Kharge hates Rahul: BJP

In the meantime, BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia mentioned at a press convention: “There has by no means been, nor will there ever be, a pacesetter in India extra irresponsible and extra anti-Dalit and anti-backward lessons than Rahul Gandhi. He ought to introspect.”

The BJP chief mentioned that after Mr. Kharge alleged that he had been insulted, Mr. Gandhi didn’t take discover of it for 3 weeks. “Rahul Gandhi has time to journey all over the world. Nevertheless, when somebody from the Dalit or backward group makes an allegation, he himself doesn’t take it severely,” he mentioned.

“It will not be flawed to say that, deep down, even Mallikarjun Kharge ji hates Rahul Gandhi. He is aware of it nicely that he won’t get any respect within the Congress social gathering as he doesn’t belong to the Gandhi household,” alleged Mr. Bhatia.