Kanhaiya has qualities like Bhagat Singh, says Shashi Tharoor; BJP angry, Cong stays away

The BJP took strong exception to Tharoor’s comment saying it was an insult to the “great freedom fighter” as well as all patriots of the country.

“Bhagat Singh went to the gallows chanting ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ while fighting for the country’s independence. Comparing Kanhaiya Kumar with Bhagat Singh is an insult to the freedom fighter and all the patriots. Shashi Tharoor should tell if Kanhaiya is Bhagat Singh, then what are Rahul and Sonia Gandhi,” BJP’s Shahnawaz Hussain said.

BJP leader and actor Paresh Rawal also criticised Tharoor’s IQ for such statement. Rawal tweeted, “At the cost of repeating myself I must say @shashiTharoor IQ is lower than his shoe size !

At the cost of repeating myself I must say @shashiTharoor IQ is lower than his shoe size ! https://t.co/wtdSc5SlJp

— Paresh Rawal (@SirPareshRawal) March 21, 2016

Congress however, tried to distance itself from Tharoor’s statement. Senior party leader Ghulam Nabi azad, when asked to comment on his colleague’s view, said nobody can be compared with Bhagat Singh.

Bhagat Singh jaisa koi doosra kabhi paida nahi ho sakta-Ghulam Nabi Azad,Congress on Shashi Tharoor pic.twitter.com/oxawPvM4Mi

— ANI (@ANI_news) March 21, 2016

Bhagat Singh ek hi the,kisi se unki tulna nahi ho sakti,aur aajkal ke kisi ladke ke saath nahi-Ghulam Nabi Azad,Congress on Shashi Tharoor

— ANI (@ANI_news) March 21, 2016

Tharoor on his part clarified that he did not intend to equate Kanhaiya with Bhagat Singh.

“You are finding one marginal thing which was said in response to a comment from the audience. Bhagat Singh was fighting colonial rule and foreign oppression and Kanhaiya is fighting for his beliefs in a very different democracy.

“So the situations are different but the comparison (was)-young, Marxist, idealist, passionately committed to their motherland, in their 20s…that’s all,” he said in a clarification today.

Some twitter reactions

Shashi Tharoor has equated Kanhaiya Kumar to Shaheed Bhagat Singh
Time to equate Shashi Tharoor’s IQ to Rahul Gandhi’s

— The Bad Doctor (@DOCTORATLARGE) March 21, 2016

Somewhere in the afterlife Sukhdev, Rajguru are laughing their asses off trolling Bhagat Singh after Shashi Tharoor’s comparison

— The UnReal Times (@TheUnRealTimes) March 21, 2016

Kanhaiya is being compared with Bhagat Singh by Congress is no surprise, they worship Gandhi’s as DEMIGOD.

— Nirvana (@Coldplay91) March 21, 2016