Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, who is on the final leg of his ongoing three-city tour of the United States, on Monday mentioned that the key architects of modern India were all Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) who saved an open mind concerning the world outdoors, in response to ANI reviews.
“The central architect of modern India, Mahatma Gandhi, was an NRI. The basis for India’s freedom motion was laid in in South Africa…Nehru, BR Ambedkar, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Subhash Chandra Bose, all were NRIs and had an open mind concerning the outdoors world,” Rahul Gandhi mentioned whereas addressing the Indian diaspora within the US in the present day.
He additionally pressed criticism of the nation’s management in a speech and known as out Indians within the US and again house to face up for democracy and the Indian structure.
The Wayanad MP sharply criticized PM Modi for dividing the nation and failing to deal with essential points corresponding to unemployment and schooling.
“Modern India can not exist with out our structure and our democracy,” he mentioned Sunday.
During his deal with, Rahul Gandhi additionally argued that PM Modi, BJP and the RSS are incapable of trying into the long run and might solely discuss concerning the previous.
“He (Prime Minister Narendra Modi) is attempting to drive the automotive…the Indian automotive and he appears within the rear-view mirror. Then he doesn’t perceive why this automotive is crashing, not shifting ahead. And it is the identical concept with the BJP, with the RSS. All of them. You hearken to the ministers, you hearken to the prime minister. You won’t ever discover them speaking concerning the future. They solely discuss concerning the previous,” he mentioned.
“There is a battle between two ideologies in India — one which we (Congress) signify and different that’s espoused by the BJP and the RSS,” the Congress chief mentioned, including that the ideas Congress holds are the identical as that of the Mahatma Gandhi.
However, the ideology that BJP and RSS comply with is that of Nathuram Godse, a violent and indignant man unable to face the truth of his personal life, the Congress chief added.
(With ANI inputs)
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Updated: 05 Jun 2023, 08:27 AM IST
