BJP less concerned about peace, says Rahul in Singapore
Congress president Rahul Gandhi, who is on a threeday foreign trip, said on Thursday in Singapore that India was facing “very serious dangers of polarising society” and accused the BJP of being “less concerned about peace and tranquillity”.
Gandhi met Indian-origin CEOs in Singapore to discuss the situation of jobs, investments and economy in India.
He said Congress saw the society as a system that has to be kept in balance, asserting that he would work for ushering in a “new Congress” after taking over the reigns of the party from his mother Sonia in December.
“We see society as a system that has to be kept in balance. The BJP on the other hand is less concerned about peace and tranquillity. We see very serious dangers of polarising society and risks arising from them,” he said.
In a veiled reference to the 2G spectrum scam in which the BJP
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had consistently targeted the previous UPA government, Gandhi said the system was destabilised between 2012 and 2014.
A court in December last year acquitted all those accused of graft and money laundering charges in the 2G spectrum allocation cases. The allegations were partly blamed for the Congress losing the 2014 elections.
Gandhi said the Congress had a clean slate and a new opportunity now. “We faced a storm in 2012. Between 2012 and 2014 the system was destabilised and we saw the consequences. We have a clean slate now... We will present you with a new Congress party ,” he said.