Congress’s remarks on Pralhad Joshi are misleading, condemnable, says BJP
‘He (Joshi) had merely commented on the legal process and not on the matter itself,’ BJP’s media cell convenor Anil Baluni says, denying Joshi had ‘made any such statement’
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has strongly condemned and called out as misleading the remarks made by Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and her father, Rahul Gandhi, regarding Union Education Minister Pralhad Joshi. The Congress leaders' comments were deemed unacceptable and unwarranted by BJP spokesperson Anil Baluni. These remarks came during a heated debate on the Public Examination (Amendment) Bill, 2026, which has stringent provisions to punish exam paper leaks.
Despite the remarks made by the Congress leaders being expunged, Rahul Gandhi continued to refer to Joshi as "filthy" for his comments on the release of gangrape survivor Bilkis Bano's rapists by the Gujarat government in 2022. The BJP emphasized that Joshi merely commented on the legal process and not the matter itself. The BJP also criticized the Congress for distorting facts for political gains and misleading the country. The debate is expected to resume on Wednesday with Joshi and Gandhi at the helm.
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