Rahul targets Modi, says Hindutvawadi bathes in Ganga alone
AMETHI: In his second visit to Amethi after the 2019 defeat, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his ‘Hindu versus Hindutvawadi’ salvo.
“On one side is Hindu. On the other is Hindutvawadi. On one side is truth, love and non-violence and on the other is falsehood, hatred and violence,” he said.
“Hindutvawadi bathes alone in Ganga, but a Hindu will bathe with crores of others,” Gandhi said at a public gathering, taking a swipe at the prime minister who recently inaugurated the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor in Varanasi after taking a holy dip.
“For the first time, we saw a man standing alone in the Ganges taking a bath. Hindus bathe with lakhs of people, but these Hindutvawadis were standing alone in the Ganges. Even Rajnath Singh and Yogi Adityanath did not find a place,” Rahul Gandhi said.
“Narendra Modi Ji says that he is a Hindu, but when did he protect the truth .... (Is he) Hindu or Hindutvawadi?”
Gandhi said at a public gathering, raising the issue of jobs, China’s incursions and farm laws. Mahatma Gandhi was a Hindu as he fought against injustice while a Hindutvawadi is like Nathu Ram Godse who used to lie, spread violence and had assassinated Mahatma Gandhi, the Congress leader said.
“A Hindu never weeps but Hindutvawadis cry. When Nathuram Godse was hanged, he cried bitterly,” he said.
The former Congress president and his sister and party leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra took out a padyatra (foot march) from Jagdishpur to village Harimau where Rahul Gandhi addressed a public meeting.
“There is a lot of talk about religion in the country, about Hindu religion. The fight in India today is between Hindu and Hindutvawadi. On one side are the Hindus who tread the path of truth, and on the other side are Hindutvawadis, who spread hatred and can do anything for snatching power,” Rahul Gandhi said.