New Delhi (TIP)- Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi stirred a hornet’s nest on Wednesday, Jan 15, after claiming that the Congress was not only fighting the BJP and its ideological mentor RSS, but the “Indian state” as well. Addressing party workers after the inauguration of the new Congress headquarters, Gandhi went all guns blazing in attacking the BJP and RSS, accusing them of capturing all institutions of the country.
“Do not think that we are fighting a fair fight. There is no fairness in this. If you believe that we are fighting a political organisation called the BJP or RSS, you have not understood what is going on. The BJP and the RSS have captured every single institution of our country. We are now fighting the BJP, the RSS and the Indian State itself,” Gandhi asserted.
Gandhi also targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he wanted to “crush the voice” of the country by gagging the Dalits, minorities, backward castes and tribals.
The BJP was quick to pounce upon the Congress MP’s remarks, saying that the “ugly truth” of the party “stands exposed by their own leader”.
Firing the first salvo, Union Minister and BJP chief JP Nadda said Gandhi and his “ecosystem” have close links with “urban naxals” and the “Deep State” who want to “defame, demean and discredit” India.
“Hidden no more, Congress’s ugly truth now stands exposed by their own leader. I ‘compliment’ Rahul Gandhi for saying clearly what the nation knows – that he is fighting the Indian state! His repeated actions have also strengthened this belief. Everything he has done or said has been in the direction of breaking India and dividing our society,” Nadda tweeted.