Goyal seeks Cong apology over MP's remarks, Kharge says party will not tolerate division of India

Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday sought an apology from the Congress for the controversial statement by party MP that suggested a call for a separate south nation over fiscal injustice, but the opposition party’s president said it stands for a united nation and will not tolerate any such call.

Raising the issue in the Rajya Sabha when it met for the day, Goyal said the statement by D K Suresh, who is the brother of Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar, reflects the “divisive” thinking of the Congress party.

The Congress has in the past divided the nation and the latest statement is an example of the same thinking of the party, he said.