Hyderabad, Sep 26 The Congress is guided by ‘family first,’ while the BJP and Sangh Parivar stand for ‘nation first,’ Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar said on Saturday.
In a post on X, he took exception to Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy’s comments in Keralam on September 25 that the political contest was between the “Sangh Parivar” and “Gandhi Parivar”, alleging that the former was trying to divide the country along caste, religious, regional and linguistic lines.
“For us, it is Nation First. For Congress, it is always Family First. Reddy has yet again made the difference very clear. He is asking the country to fight and sacrifice for the Gandhi Parivar,” Bandi Sanjay Kumar said in the post, which also carried a video of Reddy’s comments.
Invoking an RSS prayer, Bandi Sanjay Kumar said a “swayamsevak” was taught from day one to dedicate himself to the nation.
“Mahamangale punyabhume tvadarthe, patatvesha kayo namaste namaste” (O most auspicious and sacred motherland, may this body of mine be dedicated and fall in your service. I bow to you again and again), he said.
This showed the Sangh Parivar’s commitment to Bharat Mata, the nation, its unity and security, he said.
Asserting that no political family could be bigger than the country, he said no surname could demand the nation’s sacrifice.
“Your call is for Parivar First. Our resolve is Nation First,” the union minister said.
Reddy, who received the Aryadan Muhammed Award at Nilambur in Keralam on September 25, had alleged that the Sangh Parivar was the biggest threat to the country and democracy.
“The fight between Sangh Parivar and Gandhi Parivar—I am asking this nation to stand with Gandhi Parivar to defeat Sangh Parivar,” he had said.
(PTI News)
