Congress fighting to regain India, BJP stifling voices: Rahul Gandhi at Cambridge
India Today
Rahul Gandhi said that his party is fighting to regain India. While the BJP stifles the voices of people, "we are designed to listen to the people", he said.
India is witnessing an attack on the institutions that built the country which is now occupied by the Deep State, Rahul Gandhi said Friday at the Ideas for India conference at Cambridge University in London. He was joined by leaders of the opposition, including Sitaram Yechury, Salman Khurshid, Tejashwi Yadav, Mahua Moitra and Manoj Jha, among others.
“We believe India is its people. But the BJP and the RSS believe it is geography. We are not just fighting the BJP; it’s no longer a pure political fight. The BJP has 100 per cent control of the media,” Gandhi said in conversation with author Ashis Ray.
“The Congress is fighting to regain India. It’s an ideological battle now - a national ideological battle. The deep state is chewing the Indian state, much like what happened in Pakistan,” he said as his party continues to struggle with infighting, rebellion, defections and election losses.
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The BJP, despite a sharp drop in employment, continues to be in power in India because of “polarisation and the total domination of the media”, the Congress leader claimed.
“India is not in a good place. The BJP has sprinkled kerosene all over.”
“We are saying, we have an India where different views can exist and we can negotiate. People tell us to have a cadet like the BJP. We say, if we have a cadet like the BJP, we will be BJP. The BJP stifles voices. We listen. We are designed to listen to the people and place it on the table,” Rahul Gandhi said in a searing attack on the ruling party.
