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Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi charged the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh of wanting to wipe out multiculturalism in India as he campaigned for the party in Assam on Tuesday, a day after he attacked the BJP for its “divisive” politics.
The national party is focusing on the northeastern state that is due for assembly polls in two months and hopes to counter the RSS-backed BJP that has made inroads into Congress strongholds. The BJP had won in all the five parliamentary constituencies in the upper and northern Assam belt during the last Lok Sabha polls.
Stating that the RSS has the political mandate in its bid to control the country’s religious and cultural landscape from Nagpur, Gandhi alleged the RSS “cannot respect or appreciate other cultures”.
Illustrating with a bouquet presented to him from which he plucked out all the flowers save for a near-saffron gladioli, Gandhi said, “The RSS agenda is dangerous for a multicultural state like Assam where people follow different faiths. We cannot let the RSS tinker with our history and subdue local cultures.”
RSS a threat to multi-cultural India: Rahul Gandhi tells Assam | india | Hindustan Times
The national party is focusing on the northeastern state that is due for assembly polls in two months and hopes to counter the RSS-backed BJP that has made inroads into Congress strongholds. The BJP had won in all the five parliamentary constituencies in the upper and northern Assam belt during the last Lok Sabha polls.
Stating that the RSS has the political mandate in its bid to control the country’s religious and cultural landscape from Nagpur, Gandhi alleged the RSS “cannot respect or appreciate other cultures”.
Illustrating with a bouquet presented to him from which he plucked out all the flowers save for a near-saffron gladioli, Gandhi said, “The RSS agenda is dangerous for a multicultural state like Assam where people follow different faiths. We cannot let the RSS tinker with our history and subdue local cultures.”
RSS a threat to multi-cultural India: Rahul Gandhi tells Assam | india | Hindustan Times
