‘It is not in our values ​​to use such language against anyone’: KL Sharma backs Rahul Gandhi for criticising Smriti Irani’s trolls | India News – Times of India

AMETHI: Kishori Lal Sharma, Congress leader and Member of Parliament (MP) from Amethi in Uttar Pradesh, on Saturday supported party MP Rahul Gandhicomments from the former Amethyst Member of Parliament and leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Iranian Smritiin which he the trolls use insulting language towards her.
Sharma supported Gandhi’s statements and said it was not their value to use such language against anyone.
“Rahul Gandhi is right. I agree with his statement. Victories and losses are a part of life. It is not in our values ​​to use such language against anyone,” the Amethi MP told ANI.
Earlier on Friday, Gandhi defended Irani, saying that humiliating and insulting people is a sign of weakness, not strength.
In a post on ‘X’, the Congress MP wrote, “Winning and losing happens in life. I urge everyone not to use derogatory language and be mean to Smt. Smriti Ir or any other leader. Demeaning and insulting people is a sign of weakness, not strength.”
The BJP leader has been the target of trolls since her defeat in the Lok Sabha polls. Recently, trolls targeted the former minister after she vacated her official bungalow in Delhi.
Irani was defeated in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections by Congress leader and Gandhi family loyalist Kishori Lal Sharma by a margin of 1,67,196 votes over Amethi from Uttar Pradesh.
Sharma got 5,39,228 votes while Irani got 3,72,032 votes.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Irani defeated Congress candidate Rahul Gandhi from Amethi, which had been a Congress stronghold for years.
In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Rahul Gandhi contested from Rae Bareli and Wayanad and won in both constituencies. Later, he gave up Wayanad constituency. Priyanka Gandhi will make her electoral debut from Wayanad.
After the poll loss, the BJP leader later said at a press conference, “I express my gratitude to all BJP party workers and supporters, those who worked with dedication and loyalty in the service of the constituency and the party. Today, I am thankful to PM Narendra Modi and CM Yogi Adityanath that their governments have completed the ongoing work of 30 years in just 5 years. I congratulate those who win. I will continue to serve the people of Amethi.”
The Lok Sabha elections were held across the country in seven phases, from April 19 to June 1.