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They studied abroad, have little understanding of country: Dhami slams Rahul, Akhilesh

News On Time Desk 30 April 2024

Uttarakhand Chief Minister and BJP leader Pushkar Singh Dhami on Monday attacked INDIA bloc leaders Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav, claiming that they have little understanding of the country as they have studied abroad.

In an interview with PTI-Bhasha here, Dhami also alleged that the Congress wants give reservations to a “particular community” from the quota meant for Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Other Backward Classes (OBC).

On Congress leader Gandhi and Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Yadav alleging “misuse” of central probe agencies such as the ED, the CBI and the Income Tax Department to target leaders of opposition parties, the BJP leader said, “These agencies are of the Congress era.”

Dhami was in the Uttar Pradesh capital for the filing of nomination papers of Defence Minister Rajanth Singh who is contesting the Lok Sabha polls from Lucknow.

Asked about the alleged sex scandal in Karnataka involving JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda’s grandson and Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna, he said the law will take its course against anyone who violates it.