Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena heaps praises on Rahul Gandhi's fiery Lok Sabha speech

The Uddhav Thackeray faction-led Shiv Sena was all in praise of Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi for his fiery speech in the Lok Sabha.

The party's mouthpiece 'Saamana' Group termed it as 'a vendetta by time', predicting that Rahul's speech, and its fallout across the country, was a clear pointer that more was in store for the BJP in the coming days, according to IANS news agency.

"In the last 10 years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and their BJP never faced such a situation. Rahul Gandhi has scratched off the vermillion (sindoor) of divinity off Modi…The Leader of Opposition cannot be congratulated enough for this," said 'Saamana'.

The mouthpiece pointed out that after Rahul Gandhi's assertions that the BJP was not a "monopolist of Hinduism", a storm erupted in Parliament and for the first time in 10 years, Shah had to seek 'protection' from the Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla.

The 'Saamana' further said that Gandhi's statements about how some people are instigating riots in the name of Hindutva and spreading communal hatred for elections, even though real Hinduism is sober, liberal and fearlessly supportive of Truth, angered PM Modi who accused the Congress LoP of "insulting the Hindus".

"Rahul Gandhi ridiculed Modi's claims of divinity and how he could communicate directly with God… Modi became a laughing stock in front of the whole Parliament by his own utterances. After this Modi-Shah had no choice but to seek the Speaker's protection… Hope the message has reached the ED-CBI-etc," said the 'Saamana'.

"The solitary Rahul Gandhi proved more than a match for the BJP's Modi, Shah, Rajnath Singh, Kiren Rijiju, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Bhupendra Yadav and others on the ruling side. Modi's fake Hindutva did not work in the LS elections, and on July 1, Rahul Gandhi again vanquished it in Parliament," said the 'Saamana'.

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