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Responding to BJP president Amit Shah’s criticism of Rahul Gandhi over the Jawaharlal Nehru University row, the Congress Leader PC Chako on Monday said, “They give us sermons. We want to

tell Mr Amit Shah don’t give us lectures on patriotism.” Congress Spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala added that the Congress does not need lessons in patriotism from those “who inherit the

thought process of Nathu Ram Gods​e”.​ > Those who killed Mahatma Gandhi’s thought process, and those who > are inheritors of Nathu Ram Godse’s legacy (who assassinated > Mahatma 

Gandhi) need not teach the nation and the Congres​s new > definitions of patriotism. Randeep Singh Surjewala, Spokesman, Congress He said the Congress has a history of fighting terrorism

and its leaders have made supreme sacrifices for the unity and integrity of the country. He accused the Narendra Modi government of trying to suppress the voices of youth and students. He

accepted that anyone who had committed a wrong at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) should be punished. > It’s not true at all that anyone who raises voice against the Modi > 

government is anti-national. There is freedom of expression in the > country. Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi has similar views. Randeep Singh Surjewala, Spokesman, Congress Amit

Shah in a blog said no citizen can accept that a terrorist is favoured and anti-India slogans raised at a prestigious university of the country. > But the kind of statements that Rahul 

Gandhi and his party > colleagues have delivered at the campus proves that there is no > place for national interest in their thinking, Randeep Singh Surjewala, Spokesman, Congress

Delhi Police on Thursday registered a sedition case against, and arrested Kanhaiya Kumar. He was sent to three days’ police custody on Friday, although he denied raising anti-India slogans.

Published: 15 Feb 2016, 6:16 PM IST