Members of BJP's youth wing today threatened to gherao Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi during his visit here on February 18 if he does not apologies for supporting "anti-national elements".
"Members of BJYM will gherao Rahul during his Lucknow visit on Thursday if he does not apologies for supporting anti-national elements," BJP's city president Mukesh Sharma said.
Activists of BJYM burnt an effigy of the Congress leader in front of the Vidhan Bhawan.
A number of BJP activists gathered in front of Vidhan Sabha and burnt the effigy of Rahul Gandhi alleging he was "supporting anti-national elements" involved in the JNU row.
City BJP president, Mukesh Sharma said those who backed terrorist Afzal Guru and raised "Pakistan Zindabad" slogans are not "well wishers of the country".
He said that BJP would continue to raise issues of national interest and "expose" those involved in anti-national activities.
Rahul had yesterday accused the NDA government of "suppressing" students' voice as he visited the JNU campus to express solidarity with them, a day after the arrest of its students' union president Kanhaiya Kumar in a sedition case.
The Congress Vice President, who had accused the Modi government of "bullying" the institution, scaled up the attack, saying "most anti-national are people, who are suppressing the voice of students in this institution".
