On Tuesday, India’s Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi spoke at the National Press Club in Washington DC wherein he criticised Indian democracy, the state of free speech and the country’s economy. He claimed, ‘I think politics in India changed very dramatically in 2014 and we entered a phase of politics that we haven’t seen in India before attacking the foundations of our democratic structure’.
Talking about his Bharat Jodo Yatra, Rahul Gandhi alleged, ‘Media was suppressed, institutions were controlled, agencies were attacking the opposition, governments were being overthrown, and we found that literally the only way was to go directly to the people of India’. Rahul Gandhi not only raked up domestic political affairs but also demonised the Hindu rights outfit Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS).
He said, ‘There’s an ideological war taking place in India between the Congress and our partners and the BJP and the RSS. There are two completely different visions of India and we believe in a plural vision, where everybody has a right to thrive, an India where you’re not persecuted because of what religion you believe in or what community you come from or which language you speak’. Rahul Gandhi also raised the issue of the caste census and affirmative action (which has of late reached dangerous proportions in the United States). ‘I’ve been saying again and again and again, we’re going to increase reservations beyond 50%’, he emphasised.
He also presented the Congress party as a victim of political vendetta after its accounts were frozen for not paying ₹135 crore tax. Gandhi said, ‘We fought an election with our bank accounts frozen, right? Now, I don’t know. I mean, I don’t know any democracy where that’s happened. Maybe, you know, that type of thing happens in Syria or used to happen in Iraq’. During his media interaction, Rahul Gandhi also alleged, “’o Indian democracy has been under attack, has been very badly weakened, and now it’s fighting back.’. Notably, the Gandhi scion is on a 3-day visit to the United States.
Rahul Gandhi gives anti-India statements which highlights how does the Congress party leaves no chance to disrespect their own country.
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