Cong hits back at Mahatma’s great-grandson; accuses him of taking advantage of his dynastic connection

The Congress on Sunday strongly hit back at Mahatma Gandhi’s great-grandson Shrikrishna Kulkarni for his barbs against Gopalkrishna Gandhi for becoming vice president candidate of the grand old party-led Opposition.

Kulkarni had criticised Gandhi for siding with the party that is ‘flanked by dynastic politics’.

In response Congress leader Renuka Chowdhary criticised Kulkarni for ‘taking advantage of the same (Mahatma Gandhi) dynasty’ and misusing it by writing such letters.

“On what authority is Kulkarni writing this, what is his identity that he is part of Mahatma Gandhi’s dynasty and that is how we are recognizing him today? He is taking advantage of his dynasty’s connections,” Chowdhary told ANI.

She further said that everyone has the ‘dynastic right’ to use Mahatma Gandhi’s legacy as he is the father of the nation.

Another Congress leader Pawan Khera, however, refused to respond to Kulkarni’s remarks by saying, “This could be his personal opinion and Gopalkrishna Gandhi has done a lot. He is a personality in himself who has contributed a lot and he is a joint opposition candidate, and he (Shrikrishna Kulkarni) is free to have his opinion.”

Earlier Kulkarni lodged his protest against Gandhi’s decision for offering his candidature to the Congress.

In a strongly worded letter to his …read more