BJP MP Anurag Thakur. Submit|Image Credit: ANI
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Former Union Minister Anurag Thakur assaulted Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Sunday (August 24, 2025), stating the Congress has actually” lost around 90 elections”under Mr. Gandhi’s management and he is now”haunted” by the”worry of another defeat “in the upcoming Bihar Assembly election.
Speaking in Hamirpur, the BJP MP stated that Mr. Gandhi blamed VVPATs or EVMs after every electoral defeat, and “now, even before the surveys, he is making unwarranted declarations about the Election Commission of India”.
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“It is really regrettable if the Opposition leaders have actually despaired in the nation’s constitutional structure,”he stated.
Mr. Thakur stated that work to reinforce the constitutional organizations was carried out throughout the period of the BJP-led federal governments. He stated Prime Minister Narendra Modi has actually made efforts to bring stringent laws versus corrupt leaders.
In an indirect recommendation to Aam Aadmi Party leaders, Mr. Thakur stated that in Delhi, some Ministers continued to sign files and take choices from prison which is “bad” for the world’s biggest democracy.
“Corrupt leaders should step down from their positions,” he stated in a referral to the Bills that supply a legal structure for the elimination of the Prime Minister, Chief Ministers, and other Ministers on arrest for 30 successive days on severe charges.
On the Opposition interrupting Parliament throughout the Monsoon Session, Mr. Thakur stated Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge ought to concentrate on “holding positive conversations” in Parliament as public cash is invested in its procedures.
