PM WANTS TO CREATE ‘NEW INDIA’ OF HATRED: RAHUL GANDHI
NEWDELHI: Former Congress party president Rahul Gandhi, on Tuesday, hit out at the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for diverting the discourse ahead of the Delhi assembly elections from the real issues of development and youth unemployment to religious polarisation.
Speaking at his first public address ahead of the February 8 polls, Gandhi said the PM wanted to create a “new India of hatred, violence and religious polarization”. He said that China might be considered the global leader in the manufacturing sector, but only India can compete with them.
“A broken, divided India cannot compete with China. Countries across the world want to invest in India because only ‘Made in India’ can challenge ‘Made in China’. Companies want to set up their units here and give employment to our youth. But they want to invest in the old India, the one that stood united,” Gandhi said in a rally at south Delhi’s Sangam Vihar.
“While the world is placing its confidence in India, Modiji is saying that he will not give employment to India’s youth. Why should I (Modi)? I (Modi) only want to create differences between Hindus, Muslims, Christians and Sikhs. I (Modi) want to destroy the foundation of love and unity in this country. I (Modi) want to create a country of violence, where there is unemployment of youth and women feel unsafe,” Gandhi said.
He added that when scores of people came to Delhi from Pakistan after the 1947 Partition, the Congress welcomed everyone. The Congress did not ask these people to wave the national flag to prove their patriotism.