Death threat to Rahul Gandhi: Congress to legally move against RSS man

Thiruvananthapuram: Over the incident of an activist affiliated to BJP and RSS in Kerala allegedly issuing death threat during a TV channel discussion, the Kerala Congress criticized the state government and police, for not taking any action against the person, before announcing that the party’s is going to move legally.

Leader of the Opposition in the Kerala Assembly, V D Satheesan, on Saturday criticised the state government and police for not acting against a former ABVP leader, Printu Mahadev, who allegedly issued the threat, PTI reported.

Satheesan was responding to reporters' queries on remarks made by the former state president of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), an RSS-affiliated student organisation. The person said that Rahul Gandhi “will be shot in the chest”.

Referring to Mahadev as a “follower of Nathuram Godse,” the Congress leader said it was “shocking” that neither the government nor the police had taken action on the alleged threat.

Satheesan said Gandhi would not be intimidated by such remarks, as he had grown up witnessing the assassinations of his father and grandmother.

“They want to end Rahul Gandhi. The democratic people of India will not permit that. He does not surrender before anyone, as he is fighting against communalism and fascism. You cannot scare him,” Satheesan said.

Speaking along similar lines, senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala condemned Mahadev's public death threat to Rahul Gandhi and demanded that a case be lodged against him immediately.

He contended that the lack of action on the part of the government indicated an “unholy alliance” between the CPI(M) and the BJP.

Mahadev, while representing the BJP in a television debate, had allegedly remarked that Rahul Gandhi "will be shot in the chest".