Rajasthan: Man detained in Kota for threatening to ‘shoot’ Rahul Gandhi and 25 other MPs India News

New Delhi: A man was detained by the Rajasthan police in Kota on Thursday after he allegedly uploaded a video threatening to shoot Congress MP and opposition leader Rahul Gandhi and 25 other MPs of the party.According to police, the man who calls himself Raj Singh in the video is the spokesperson of the right-wing group Karni Sena and had issued threats over the recent incident in the Lok Sabha.He alleged that 25 MPs verbally abused Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla during the first part of the recently concluded budget session of Parliament, angering the BJP and Karni Sena workers, PTI reported. In the purported video, Singh warned that if such an incident happened again, they would “enter the MP’s home” and cause damage. He also directly threatened Gandhi, saying, “If such an incident happens again, we will enter the homes of those MPs and vandalize them. I believe this incident happened on the orders of Rahul Gandhi. Rahul Gandhi, listen carefully, if such an incident happens again, we will break into your home and shoot you,” Singh said in the video.He further stated that if these 25 congressmen are not arrested within 24 hours, “we will shoot them one by one.”“If these MPs are arrested within 24 hours, that’s no problem. Otherwise, we will shoot them one by one,” he said.After the video surfaced on social media, Kota police swung into action and detained the accused. Kota police chief Tejaswani Gautam told the Press Trust of India news agency that the man had been detained at the Borkheda police station and was being questioned over the video.The video reportedly shows a picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Speaker Om Birla shaking hands hanging on the wall behind the accused.Both the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Karni Sena have denied any links with the man. Bharatiya Janata Party’s Kota city president Rakesh Jain said the party had no connection with the people in the viral video. “I would like to clarify that the person in the viral video has no connection with the BJP. The Bharatiya Janata Party is a disciplined and nation-building party. Such language and behavior are completely contrary to our ideology and moral values. “Senior Kanisena leaders also said the accused had no connection with the group. Police said further investigation is ongoing.Reacting to the alleged death threat issued by the Karni Sena to Rahul Gandhi, Congress MP KC Venugopal said: “Look at the atmosphere created by the BJP ecosystem and the Sangh Parivar ecosystem. They are not even allowing Rahul Gandhi to speak in Parliament. They are disrespecting the opposition leader… The Sangh Parivar system is saying that they will kill Rahul Gandhi along with 25 MPs. No FIR has been sanctioned.” Registered. This is a clear example of anarchy. We know how to protect our Opposition Leader, we don’t care about all these things. Rahul Gandhi also knew how to protect himself; he did not care about his own life. “