By IANS,
New Delhi: The Congress Wednesday said party leader Rahul Gandhi’s remarks at a rally relating to migrant workers from Uttar Pradesh were being distorted and should be seen in the context of “misgovernance” in the state which was driving out youth to other states.
Party spokesman Abhishek Manu Singhvi said Gandhi’s metaphor was being thrown out of context.
“It is regrettable that the pure metaphor has been thrown out of context and distorted. The statement should be seen in a wider context of misgovernance in Uttar Pradesh which drives out talent and youth to outside states,” Singhvi said.
He urged rival political parties not to play politics and not to inflame passions over Gandhi’s remarks.
“For how long would UP youths go and beg in Maharashtra,” Gandhi had asked while addressing a rally in Phulpur in Uttar Pradesh Monday afternoon, kicking off the Congress campaign for the ensuing assembly elections.
The Samajwadi Party in Mumbai Tuesday filed a defamation complaint against Gandhi for his comments.