What is Rahul trying to hide by not taking SPG on foreign tours: Rajnath

The Congress has been maintaining the attack on Rahul's convoy was carried out by the "BJP goons".

Amid heated debate in the Lok Sabha over Rahul Gandhi's car being pelted with stones in Gujarat, Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said the Congress vice president did not pay heed to the advice given by the security.

Singh said that Rahul was advised to use a bullet-proof vehicle, which he did not and slammed the Congress vice president for making multiple stoppages, which were not part of the intenary.

"Rahul did not listen to the area police or SPG officials but only his Personal secretary," Singh said in Lok Sabha.

"We want to know where did he go? Why didn't he take SPG cover...This is not only a violation of SPG Act but being negligent to safety issues as well," he added.

Singh said that Rahul violated security protocol, adding that the incident would not have happened had the Congress vice president used a bullet-proof car.

"We want to know what is Rahul Gandhi trying to hide by not taking SPG along on foreign tours when he is a SPG protectee," he asked.

The issue was earlier in the day raised by Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge. He called the attack cowardly and accused the government of turning a blind eye to the entire incident.

Kharge reffered to stone pelting incident in Kashmir and said, "Gujarat mein kaunse terrorist aaye, kya J&K se aaye, kya BJP ke karyakarta terrorist ban ke inki (R Gandhi) jaan lena chaahte thay (From where have terorrists come to Gujarat? Did they come from J&K? Have the BJP workers become terroirts that they want to kill Rahul Gandhi)."

The Congress has been maintaining the the attack on Rahul's convoy was carried out by the "BJP goons".

A BJP worker was detained police on Saturday for attacking Rahul Gandhi's convoy while the Congress leader was touring flood hit areas in Dhanera town of Banaskantha district, Gujarat.

Rahul Gandhi on Friday faced protests in flood-hit Gujarat where a cement brick was hurled at his car allegedly by BJP supporters, breaking the window planes of his car. He was also shown black flags, that forced him to cut short his address at a gathering in Dhanera town of Banaskantha district and had to leave in a huff.

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