“I can never go to an RSS office. You can slit my throat, but I will not go. My family has an ideology, it has a thought system,” he told the presser on the sidelines of the Bharat Jodo Yatra
Hoshiarpur: Rahul Gandhi, the leader of the Congress, stated on Tuesday that he will not go to an RSS office even if someone slices his throat. He also accused the BJP and the RSS of seizing institutions and exerting pressure on the Election Commission and the judiciary.
In response to a question on whether he could talk to his cousin Varun Gandhi, a BJP member, at a press conference held here, he stated their beliefs are incompatible.
The Congressman implied that Varun would run into trouble if he participates in the yatra by saying that the BJP might not be in favour of it.
In response to a related query, he stated that Varun Gandhi once told him the RSS was carrying out wonderful work.
The Congressman recalls telling his cousin that he wouldn’t have said such a thing if he had read about and understood what his family stood for.
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“There is a pressure on all the institutions. There is a pressure on the press, bureaucracy, the Election Commission, judiciary,” he charged.
“This is not a fight between one political party and another political party. It is now a fight between the institutions which were captured by them and the Opposition. Out of which one factor is EVM,” he said to a question on Electronic Voting Machines.
Taking a swipe at Aam Aadmi party as well Rahul Gandhi states that Punjab should be run from Punjab itself and not Delhi.
“If it is run from Delhi, then people of Punjab will not accept it. It is not political but it is a fact,” he said.
Rahul Gandhi was asked about cornering the Rastriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in his speeches he said neither Hinduism nor any other religion disseminates hatred.
“Hindu religion is a peace loving religion, one which connects. So whatever colour they (on RSS saffron flag) want to adopt they can, but what is written in Hindu ‘dharm’, they do not do that, they do something else,” he said taking a dig at the RSS.
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