Don’t like the language he used: Rahul Gandhi on Kamal Nath’s item remark

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Congress leader Rahul Gandhi breaks his silence on former Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath’s “item” remark. “Kamal Nathji is from my party but personally, I don’t like the type of language that he used… I don’t appreciate it, regardless of who he is. It is unfortunate.”

After facing flak from all quarters, MP Congress president Kamal Nath has expressed regret over the remark and asserted that he did not say anything disrespectful. He claimed the word item is used in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies, but the BJP tried to “mislead” by making it an issue to divert peoples attention while sensing defeat in the November 3 state bypolls.

“I did not say anything disrespectful. I respect women. If anyone thinks this is disrespectful, then I regret it,” Kamal Nath said. Addressing a poll meeting on Sunday in Gwalior’s Dabra town, where the BJP has fielded Imarti Devi, Kamal Nath said the Congress candidate was a “simple person” unlike his opponent who was an “item”.