‘Pain for BJP supporters…’, Congress MP's subtle jibe over Dhaliwal's ‘Samman’
The Congress MP referred to central government's decision to award Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award to US-based billionaire who was once barred from entering India for supporting farmers' protest.
Senior Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi on Wednesday took a subtle jibe at supporters of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the Centre's decision to select US-based businessman Darshan Singh Dhaliwal for the highest honour to foreign-settled Indian – Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award (PBSA). The Congress MP referred to the farmers' protest where right-wing party 's supporters were terming the protesters ‘Khalistani’ and yet the BJP-led central government favoured Dhaliwal, who was barred from entering India for supporting the protest.
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“Sometimes I feel pain of the average BJP supporter. They spent all their time branding Farm Protests & their supporters as Khalistani & the Govt under their Supreme Leader selects Darshan Singh Dhaliwal for pravasi bhartiya samman. Stay strong under masterstroke sarkar,” Singhvi said in a tweet.
Earlier, the Centre named Dhaliwal for PBSA along with 26 others for achieving excellence in their respective fields. The award will be conferred to them during an event in Madhya Pradesh's Indore from January 8 to 10 to mark the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas.
Report of Dhaliwal being named for the award made headlines as he was once not allowed to enter India for supporting farmers' protest. He was funding ‘langar’ (community kitchen) for protestors at the Singhu border near Delhi.
