NEW DELHI: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday weighed in on the controversy over colleague Renuka Chowdhury bringing a stray canine to Parliament Home, saying pets aren’t allowed exterior the complicated however “inside”.“Canine is the principle matter of right now, I consider. What has the poor canine executed. The canine had come right here. Why is it not allowed?” Gandhi instructed reporters, as quoted by PTI.
Pointing in the direction of the Parliament Home constructing, he stated, “Pets aren’t allowed right here however they’re allowed inside.”“I assume these are the issues that India is discussing as of late,” he added.Gandhi’s feedback drew criticism from BJP spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari, who stated on X, “Rahul Gandhi is evaluating his personal Congressmen, and Opposition leaders to Canine! That is how Parivarvadi deal with temple of democracy.”Congress MP Renuka Chowdhury on Monday introduced a stray canine onto the Parliament grounds on the primary day of the Winter Session, regardless of objections from fellow MPs. Defending her motion, she reportedly stated that the “actual canine are sitting in Parliament” who commonly chew individuals.Chowdhury later defined that she had discovered the pet on her solution to Parliament. She stated she stopped after witnessing a collision between a scooter and a automobile, and observed the pet by the roadside earlier than deciding to take it together with her.