Information and Broadcasting Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore today attacked the Congress saying its president Rahul Gandhi is talking about love but spokespersons of his party are resorting to violence.
Rathore's remarks came after the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) gave a memorandum to him against behaviour of a Congress spokesperson.
"National Union of Journalists has given me a document wherein they have protested against the behaviour of an official spokesperson of the Congress who I think yesterday utterly misbehaved and abused an anchor on national network, probably (during) a live broadcast," Rathore said.
The minister said he has also been told that the same Congress spokesperson had
Tagging a video of the incident, the minister also tweeted, "Manifestation of Rahul Gandhi's 'love': A desperate Congress targeting media with disgusting language. So much for the 'champions of freedom of speech'. New low in Indian democracy."
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