New Delhi: Senior Congress leader and Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi has sparked a major controversy with his remarks on Wednesday (January 15), where he claimed that the Congress party was now fighting the “Indian state.” The statement was made during the inauguration of Congress’ new party headquarters in New Delhi.
In his speech, Rahul Gandhi said, “Our ideology, like the RSS ideology, is thousands of years old and it has been fighting the RSS ideology for thousands of years. Do not think that we are fighting a fair fight. There is no fairness in this. If you believe that we are fighting a political organisation called the BJP or RSS, you have not understood what is going on. The BJP and the RSS have captured every single institution of our country. We are now fighting the BJP, the RSS, and the Indian State itself.”
Gandhi’s remarks have stirred a sharp reaction from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). BJP President Jagat Prakash Nadda condemned his statement, accusing the Congress of trying to weaken India. Nadda emphasized that the Congress party’s true intentions were now clear, with Rahul Gandhi openly challenging the very foundations of the nation’s democratic institutions.
In the same speech, Rahul Gandhi also took aim at Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat. Gandhi criticized Bhagwat’s statement, which claimed that India attained “true independence” when the Ram Mandir was consecrated in Ayodhya last year. Gandhi’s comments on the matter added fuel to the ongoing debate over the BJP’s and RSS’s influence on India’s political and cultural landscape.
