New Delhi. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is on a tour of America. He addressed a gathering of Indian expatriates in Santa Clara, California. He accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in India of threatening people and misusing the country’s agencies. Rahul Gandhi said that the BJP and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) are controlling all means of politics in India. He said that before starting his ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, he realized that the old fashioned way of life in politics was no longer working.
Rahul Gandhi said, BJP is threatening people and misusing government agencies. Bharat Jodo Yatra was started because BJP-RSS control all the means we needed to connect with the people. He said that we were also realizing that it has become very difficult to work politically.
So we decided to trek from the southernmost tip of India to Srinagar. Rahul Gandhi said that the yatra was done in a spirit of affection, respect and humility. He said, if one reads the history, it will be found that all spiritual leaders including Guru Nanak Dev Ji, Guru Basavanna Ji, Narayan Guru Ji united the country in a similar way. Rahul Gandhi said India is not what is being shown in the media, which likes to promote a political ideology that is far from reality. He said that this is a big distortion. Rahul Gandhi said, it became very clear to me in the visit that it is in the interest of the media to show these things, it helps the BJP. So don’t think that everything you see in the media is true.
He said that India is not what the media shows. Media likes to show a particular story. He likes to promote a political story which has nothing to do with the reality of India. The Congress leader arrived here on Tuesday to visit three cities of America. During this, he will interact with Indian expatriates and meet US lawmakers. Sam Pitroda, president of the Indian Overseas Congress, said last week that Gandhi’s visit was aimed at promoting shared values and vision of a real democracy.
Rahul’s dig on PM Modi:
Taking a dig on the PM, Rahul Gandhi said, the world is so big that no one person can think that he knows everything about everyone. It is like a disease that there are some people in India who think they know everything. Rahul said that I think he (PM Modi) thinks he knows more than God. They can also sit in front of God and explain to him what is going on. PM Modi is also one of them.
Rahul said that I think if PM Modi is asked to sit in front of God, then he will start explaining to God what is going on in the universe. Even God will be confused as to what he has created. This is what is going on in India. There are some people in India who know everything. When they go to the scientist, tell them about science, when they go to the historian, tell them about history. Everything is told to the army about war, to the air force about flying. But the truth is that they do not understand anything. Because if you don’t want to listen to someone, you can’t know anything about them.