Congress leader Jitendra Singh Alwar threatened to take legal action against BJP’s Amit Malviya after the latter claimed that the former Union minister had tied Rahul Gandhi’s shoelaces during Bharat Jodo Yatra.
Following BJP IT-Cell chief Amit Malviya's claim of tying shoelace of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, former Union minister Jitendra Singh Alwar clarified that he was tying his own shoelaces, and not Rahul Gandhi’s and also threatened threatened to take legal action against Malviya.
The controversy was triggered by a video shared by BJP leader Amit Malviya which showed Rahul Gandhi walking with Congress leaders during the Bharat Jodo Yatra.
The 20-second clip showed Rahul Gandhi tapping Jitendra Singh Alwar and pointing to the ground, following which the latter bent down to tie shoelaces. Amit Malviya shared the clip with claims that Rahul Gandhi had made the former Union minister tie his shoelaces.
“Former union minister Bhanwar Jitendra Singh goes down on his knee to tie Rahul Gandhi’s shoe lace. The arrogant entitled brat instead of helping himself is seen patting his back,” Amit Malviya tweeted.
Jitendra Singh Alwar took to social media to clarify that he was tying his own shoes and not Rahul Gandhi’s. Jitendra Alwar said that Rahul Gandhi pointed out his unlaced shoes and paused briefly so that he could tie them up.
"As incharge of ruling BJP’s National Info Dept your tweet is a complete lie and defamatory. The fact is that after being pointed out by Rahul ji upon my request he paused briefly so that I could tie my own shoe laces. Delete the tweet and apologise to RG or face legal action", Alwar tweeted.
The Congress party also hit out at Amit Malviya, saying that “BJP IT cell ran FAKE news”.
The party sought an apology from the BJP leader for “misleading the country by misrepresenting this small matter”.