RSS fascist organisation, built on lines of Muslim brotherhood: Rahul Gandhi in London
The RSS is built on the lines of Muslim brotherhood, said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi while speaking at London-based think tank Chatham House on late Monday evening.
Stepping up his attack on the RSS, the Wayanad MP said, “The nature of the democratic contest in India has completely changed and the reason is that one organisation called RSS. It is a fundamentalist and fascist organisation that has basically captured pretty much all of India’s institutions.”
“It shocked me how successful they have been at capturing the different institutions of our country. The Press, Judiciary, Parliament, and Election Commission are all under threat and are controlled in one way or the other,” Rahul Gandhi said.
Rahul Gandhi said he does not believe in the ‘nobody can beat the BJP’ narrative.
“The Congress party is an idea. We have ruled the country for many more years than the BJP has. ‘Nobody can beat the BJP’ is a narrative in the media. BJP is not going to be in power forever,” he said.
Calling India a negotiation between people, the Congress leader said, “India is transitioning between rural to urban. And we missed the urban boat. It is a negotiation between people. This negotiation is complex. It happens through institutions, parliament. The architecture of these is broken down.”
‘MY PHONE HAD PEGASUS’
Rahul Gandhi also claimed that his phone had Pegasus in it. “You can ask any Opposition leader as to how agencies are used. My phone had Pegasus on it, which was not happening when we were in power,” he said in London.
“In India, you can see what is being done to Dalits, tribals, and minorities. It is not that Congress is saying it. There are articles in the foreign press all the time that there is a serious problem with Indian democracy,” Rahul Gandhi said, launching a scathing attack on the BJP.
Meanwhile, Virendra Kumar Sharma, a Labour Party politician said, “What he [Rahul Gandhi] said will have no impact on what politicians think here. It’s Rahul’s personal political view.”
ON RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR
Talking about the Russia-Ukraine war, Rahul Gandhi said he agrees with the government on Ukraine policy. “I agree with the foreign policy on the issue of Ukraine. There is also national interest. Having said that, I am against any kind of war,” he said.
Earlier, Rahul Gandhi had alleged that the structures of Indian democracy are under “brutal attack” and there is a full-scale assault on the institutions of the country.
Gandhi’s comments at Cambridge University that Indian democracy is under attack have become the latest flashpoint between the Congress and the BJP.
On Sunday, while addressing the Indian diaspora in London, Rahul Gandhi said Opposition leaders back home are not allowed to raise the issue of Chinese aggression in Indian Parliament.