Opposition parties should come together to fight BJP, RSS, says Rahul Gandhi

Mr. Gandhi parried questions about the impending organisational elections of the Congress

The Opposition parties should come together to fight the ideology as well as the financial and the institutional power of the BJP and the RSS, said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.

Speaking at a press conference held at Kochi as part of the ongoing Bharat Jodo Yatra, Mr. Gandhi said it was important for the country to fight these forces.

Mr. Gandhi parried questions about the impending organisational elections of the Congress and whether he would contest the election to the post of party president.

However, he had a word of advice to the person who would be the president of the party. “You are taking a post which is a historical one. The post comes with a defined and particular view. The post comes with an ideology. It’s also a belief system. The post of Congress president comes with a definite ideology and a belief system,” he said.

On a question on the reports that Sashi Tharoor MP may conest, Mr. Gandhi said any Congress worker was free to contest to the post.

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Mr. Gandhi said he was of the view that the questions raised on issues other than the Bharat Jodo Yathra were aimed at diverting the attention from the ideals of the yathra he had undertaken.