{"id":321966,"date":"2023-03-27T00:10:52","date_gmt":"2023-03-26T19:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=321966"},"modified":"2023-03-27T00:10:52","modified_gmt":"2023-03-26T19:10:52","slug":"my-name-is-not-savarkar-wont-apologise-says-rahul-gandhi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/my-name-is-not-savarkar-wont-apologise-says-rahul-gandhi\/","title":{"rendered":"My name is not Savarkar, won\u2019t apologise, says Rahul Gandhi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> NEW DELHI<br \/>\nCongress leader Rahul Gandhi has said that he is not Veer Savarkar and will not apologise. Rahul Gandhi addressing a press conference in New Delhi a day after his expulsion from Parliament following his conviction in a defamation case, said: \u201cI am a Gandhi and not Savarkar and Gandhis do not apologise,<br \/>\nGandhi claimed the Prime Minister is scared of his next speech and used a Veer Savarkar reference to answer why he didn\u2019t apologise over his remarks in London and during the defamation trial in which he was convicted.<br \/>\n\u201cI have been disqualified as the Prime Minister is scared of my next speech. I have seen fear in his eyes. That\u2019s why they don\u2019t want me to speak in the Parliament,\u201d said the Congress leader. Responding to the BJP\u2019s calls for apology, he said, \u201cMy name is not Savarkar. I am Gandhi. I won\u2019t apologise.\u201d<br \/>\nHe also denied the BJP\u2019s charges that he had sought the intervention of international forces in the domestic affairs of the country. He said he had asked the Speaker to let him respond on the floor of the House to the allegations over his London remarks.<br \/>\n\u201cBJP leaders claimed that I am helping anti-India forces. I told the Speaker that it is my right to respond to these allegations. But he didn\u2019t allow me,\u201d he said. \u201cI have only one step and that\u2019s to fight for truth and to defend democratic nature of this country. Disqualify me for life, jail me for life, I will continue going.\u201d<br \/>\nRahul Gandhi was on Thursday convicted by a court in Gujarat\u2019s Surat and sentenced to two years in jail in a criminal defamation case. Consequently, he was disqualified as an MP the next day, triggering sharp response from the Opposition camps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has said that he is not Veer Savarkar and will not apologise. 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