"Run To RSS, We Don't Need You": Rahul Gandhi's Message To Dissidents

The Congress leader was seen to aim at former close aides like Jyotiraditya Scindia and Jitin Prasada, who are now in the BJP.

Rahul Gandhi today said the Congress needs fearless leaders and those in the party who are afraid should be thrown out, in a pep talk to the party's social media team that ended up as a message to defectors and dissidents. "There are many people who are not afraid and they are outside the Congress. We should bring them in," the Congress MP said in an animated speech. "And there are those in our party who are afraid. Throw them out. Chalo Bhaiya jao. RSS ke taraf bhago. Nahin chahiye. (Please leave, run to RSS, We don't want you). The party does not need you," he said, referring to the BJP's ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). Mr Gandhi added: "We need fearless people. That is our ideology. That is my basic message."