Gandhi’s meeting with UK MP Corbyn in London triggers row

Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s meeting with British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn in London triggered a row back home with the BJP asking him whether he endorsed the UK opposition leader’s “anti-India” views.

The Congress justified Gandhi’s meeting and shared pictures of Corbyn with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ask whether he too endorsed the “anti-India” views of the UK Labour leader and MP. Gandhi, who is on a visit to London, met Corbyn on Monday and the Indian Overseas Congress shared the picture of the two along with Sam Pitroda. Corbyn, who served as Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition from 2015 to 2020, has often expressed his views against India. BJP leader and Law Minister Kiren Rijiju shared a picture of Gandhi’s meeting with the British leader on Twitter and attacked the former Congress chief, saying for how long can one go on against one’s own country. “Again.. Rahul Gandhi meets UK MP and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn who is known for his hatred and dislike for India, advocates Kashmir’s secession. Or how long and how much one can go on against one’s own country,” Rijiju asked in a tweet. BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya said, “Gandhi has finally found his overseas collaborator, who denigrates India with the same impunity as him.”

Hitting back, Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala shared a picture of Corbyn with PM Modi and asked, “Finally, may I also ask our media friends to identify the two men in picture and ask same questions? Does it mean PM has endorsed Corbyn’s views on India?” He also cited examples of Modi’s public interactions with fugitives Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi and asked whether he endorsed them. “Why does PM meet Xi Jinping, when China has occupied our territory? Why did PM go to Pakistan to meet Nawaz Sharif? It’s tiime to debate real issues, not BJP propaganda,” the Congress leader said.