Rahul lashes out at PM, says Modi, Godse share same ideology
Today, an ignorant man is trying to challenge Gandhi’s ideology. He is so full of hatred and anger that he cannot even understand what India’s strength is. — Rahul Gandhi, Congress leader
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse believed in the same ideology of hatred.
Mr Gandhi said there was no difference between the two except that Mr Modi does not have the guts to say that he believed in Nathuram Godse’s ideology. “I don’t know if you know that when Godse shot Mahatma Gandhi he did not look at his eyes. Because a liar and coward cannot look at the eyes,” he said.
The former Congress president was addressing a public meeting in connection with “Save the Constitution” march held in protest against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Kalpetta in his Wayanad parliamentary constituency.
Launching a scathing attack on CAA and NRC, Mr Gandhi said today Indians were being made to prove that they are Indians. Who is Narendra Modi to ask if I am an Indian? Who has given him license to decide who is Indian and who is not an Indian ? “I am an Indian and I don’t need to prove it to anybody and there are 1.3 billion people who need not prove to these people that they are Indians,” he said.
He accused Mr Modi of protecting his friends. Mr Adani has been given all the ports in the country, airports and now they are thinking of giving him the Indian Railways. Hindustan petroleum, Bharat Petroleum, Indian Oil Corporation all are being privatised. “The idea is very simple divide India, spread hatred and steal from India,” he added.
“Our duty is to fight their hatred. Our duty is to confront them peacefully. We don’t believe in violence. We believe in love and affection. We will defeat them with love and affection,” he said.