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BJP goes to EC over Rahul's Army remark

A delegation of senior BJP functionaries, including S Jaishankar, Arjun Ram Meghwal, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, and Anil Baluni, approached the Election Commission to seek action against Rahul Gandhi for his divisive remarks on soldiers' categories created by the Modi govt.
BJP goes to EC over Rahul's Army remark
NEW DELHI: A delegation of senior BJP functionaries on Wednesday called on the Election Commision and sought strict action against Congress's Rahul Gandhi for his remarks that the Modi govt has created two categories of soldiers, one comprising those from poor families and reserved classes, and the other from rich families.
The delegation that included external affairs minister S Jaishankar, Union ministers Arjun Ram Meghwal and Rajeev Chandrasekhar and party's chief spokesperson Anil Baluni approached the poll panel and lodged a complaint in this regard.
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"A few days ago, Rahul Gandhi said that Narendra Modi has created two types of soldiers, one comprising sons of those who are poor and belonging to Dalit, adivasi, backwards, economically weaker sections in the general category and minorities, while the other comprising those who are sons of rich," Jaishankar told reporters after meeting the poll panel officials.
The Union minister further said, "This is a lie. This is an attack on our armed forces. They want to make it a controversial topic and lower the morale of the armed forces. This is not a topic of elections. This is a matter of national security." Gandhi had made the reported remarks at a recent poll rally in Rae Bareli while attacking the Modi govt on the Agnipath recruitment scheme for soldiers.
Jaishankar described Gandhi's remarks as "very serious" and said the BJP delegation brought it to the notice of the Election Commission, and urged it to take "very strict action" against the Congress leader and make him retract his comments.
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