Rahul Gandhi slams RSS, says Constitution irks Sangh

New Delhi: After RSS leader Dattatreya Hosabale’s comment on the Constitution, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi hit out at the Sangh, accusing it of targetting the Constitution. “The mask of RSS has come off again.The Constitution irks them because it speaks of equality, secularism, and justice. RSS-BJP doesn’t want the Constitution; they want Manusmriti. They aim to strip the marginalized and the poor of their rights and enslave them again. Snatching a powerful weapon like the Constitution from them is their real agenda”, Gandhi alleged in a social media post.

“RSS should stop dreaming this dream – we will never let them succeed. Every patriotic Indian will defend the Constitution until their last breath”, he added.

AICC general secretary (organisation) KC Venugopal said Hosabale’s remarks were reflective of the RSS-BJP’s “opposition” to the Constitution and asserted that “we will never let them succeed in this mission” and will defend the Constitution.

Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said the Congress party will stand like a rock against attempts to weaken or rewrite the Constitution while slamming RSS general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale’s criticism of inclusion of the words “socialist” and “secularism” in the Constitution . “Now they are back to their old playbook,” the CM said in a statement, in a scathing attack on the RSS. “We will defend its (Constitution’s) values – secularism, social justice, and democracy – with full strength and conviction.”