We are Real Gandhi Bhakts: Union Minister Pralhad Joshi
- Union minister Pralhad Joshi told Lok Sabha that Anantkumar Hegde has denied making a critical remark about Mahatma Gandhi.
- Joshi recalled that the Hegde had gone on a 150 km padyatra to mark the 150th birth centenary of Mahatma Gandhi.
- Union Parliamentary ministry said, “But we still asked him to express regret because we, the people of the BJP, are the real bhakts."
- Attacking Congress he said, "We are the true followers of Mahatma Gandhi, unlike the Congress members who are the followers of fake Gandhis like Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi."
- Earlier Anant Kumar Hegde stirred a controversy by calling Mahatma Gandhi-led Indian freedom movement a “big drama."
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