A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker from Kota, Rajasthan, has issued a death threat to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. In his threat he said he will shoot the senior congress leader in his residence for “abusing” the Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla.
The statement was made in a video initially posted on the Instagram account “Raj Amera Gausevak,” which later went viral across multiple social media platforms. The account is no longer accessible at the time of reporting.
Raj Amera Singh, a self-proclaimed cow vigilante (gau rakshak) and member of the right-wing group Karni Sena, was allegedly reacting to remarks made by Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Kiren Rijiju concerning the alleged abuse of Birla by Congress MPs, during which he had also described Gandhi as a “serious national threat.”
“The way 25 MPs behaved toward Om Birla—if such an incident occurs again, we will break into their houses and create a ruckus,” Raj said. “If those MPs are arrested within 24 hours, it is fine. Otherwise, we will shoot them all one by one,” he said.
“Rahul Gandhi, kaan kholkar sunle, agar dubara aisi ghatna hui toh tere ghar mai ghuskar, goli maardenge. (Rahul Gandhi, listen carefully. If such an incident happens again, then I will shoot you,” he said.
“With a BJP scarf around his neck, this lunatic is threatening to shoot and kill the Leader of the Opposition in the country, Shri Rahul Gandhi ji, along with 25 MPs. Yet till now, neither has he been arrested nor has any FIR (First Information Report) been registered, because he claims to be a worker of Om Birla and Narendra Modi. Is this the way BJP will now fight political battles…?” he added.
Meanwhile, Kota’s Superintendent of Police (SP), Tejaswani Gautam, told PTI that the accused has been detained at Borkheda police station. He is currently under question.
Meantime, the BJP and the Karni Sena have denied having any connections with Singh. “I want to clarify that the person seen in the viral video has no connection with the BJP. The BJP is a disciplined party committed to nation-building. This type of language and conduct is completely contrary to our ideology and moral values,” BJP Kota city president Rakesh Jain said.
