‘Have To Handle Threats To Democracy Ourselves’: Congress’ Damage Control

New Delhi: 

The Congress appears to have distanced itself from the controversy over its leader Digvijaya Singh’s tweet thanking Germany’s foreign ministry for taking note of Rahul Gandhi’s suspension from the Lok Sabha.

BJP leaders and union ministers have slammed Mr Singh over the tweet, calling it an open attempt to invite foreign powers to interfere in India’s internal matters.

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, who is in charge of the party’s communications, said the country’s political problems should be solved from within, amid attacks by the BJP for allegedly trying to drag in foreign powers to influence India’s internal matter.

“Congress firmly believes that India’s democratic processes themselves have to deal with the threats posed to our democracy by Mr Modi’s assault on our institutions and his politics of vendetta, intimidation, threats and harassment. Congress and opposition parties will take him on fearlessly,” Mr Ramesh tweeted, without directly mentioning Mr Singh’s comment that had led to a huge controversy.