Rahul Gandhi Trains Guns On PM, RSS In US: 'Nobody Scared Of Modi, BJP Now'

During his address to the Indian diaspora in Dallas, Texas, Rahul Gandhi emphasized a critical ideological difference between the Congress party and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the parent organisation of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

He argued that while the RSS views India as "one idea," the Congress believes in India as "a multiplicity of ideas."

Gandhi elaborated on this by saying, "We believe that everybody should be allowed to participate, allowed to dream, and should be given space regardless of their caste, language, religion, tradition, or history."

He positioned this belief as central to Congress's vision, contrasting it with the RSS and BJP, which he said have a narrow, homogenising view of India.

He also discussed how this ideological battle played out in the recent elections.

According to Gandhi, many Indians came to understand that the BJP, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was undermining the core values of the country's Constitution.

"The fight was crystallised in the election when millions of people in India clearly understood that the Prime Minister of India was attacking the Constitution of India," he said.

Gandhi claimed that this realisation was widespread and immediate, highlighting the shift in public perception post-election.

"The fear of the BJP vanished. We saw that immediately, within minutes of the election result, nobody in India was scared of the BJP or the Prime Minister of India," he stated, stressing that this shift was not a victory of the Congress party alone but of the people of India.

Linking this ideological struggle to the foundational principles of the country, Gandhi asserted that "every single word" he had spoken was rooted in the Indian Constitution. He explained that as he raised these constitutional issues during his campaign, people began to understand that the BJP was not just attacking political opponents, but was assaulting India's diverse traditions and cultures. "They were saying that the BJP is attacking our tradition, attacking our language, attacking our states, attacking our histories," he remarked. He concluded by emphasizing that this attack on the Constitution was equivalent to an attack on India's "religious tradition."