Rahul Gandhi in Berlin: In Hindi Speech, Congress President Continues to Attack BJP & RSS
Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday continued his attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) during his 4-day Germany and UK tour.
New Delhi, August 24: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday continued his attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) during his 4-day Germany and UK tour. Addressing the Indian Overseas Congress in Berlin today, Gandhi said that the BJP and RSS were hell-bent on dividing India. Unlike Hamburg, this time, his speech was in Hindi.
Citing Guru Nanak Devji, Gandhi said that the Congress followed the path of the Sikh Guru and made efforts to unite people. He accused the BJP and RSS of spreading hate in the country. "Our job is to unite India and focus on development," Gandhi said.
Gandhi had come under attack from the BJP on Thursday for his ISIS analogy during his address in Hamburg. Gandhi had on Wednesday blamed demonetisation, GST and unemployment for violence and lynchings in India.
During his address, Gandhi said that after the US attacked Iraq in 2003, they brought a law that stopped a particular tribe in Iraq from getting jobs in the government and in the army. "It seemed like a very innocuous decision at that time," he said. But it resulted in a large number of people joining insurgency "that fought the US and caused massive casualties," he said. (Also Read: Why Rahul Gandhi was trolled on Twitter on Thursday)
"It didn't end there. That insurgence slowly entered empty spaces. It entered the empty space in Iraq and in Syria and then it connected with...a horrific idea called ISIS," Gandhi said.
"It's very dangerous in the 21st century to exclude people. If you don't give people a vision in the 21st century, somebody else will give them one and that may not be good for you and the world," Gandhi said in his address in Hamburg, Germany. Gandhi said the BJP government has excluded tribals, Dalits and minorities from the development narrative and "this could be a dangerous thing".
On Friday, Rahul Gandhi will address the London School of Economics in the UK. He will also interact with the Indian Overseas Congress in London.
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