Itanagar, Oct 1 (PTI) The Arunachal Pradesh unit of the Congress on Wednesday condemned the alleged death threat to Rahul Gandhi by a former ABVP leader during a recent television panel discussion, and demanded an apology from the top BJP leadership.

The former state president of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), an RSS-affiliated student organisation, while representing the BJP in the television debate, had allegedly remarked that Gandhi “will be shot in the chest”.

"This is not just an irresponsible remark, but a criminal act of intimidation, reflecting the BJP-RSS culture of hate and its disregard for democratic values," Arunachal Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Bosiram Siram said in a statement.

The party sought the “immediate arrest” of the person and a “pu

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