Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today slammed the Modi government and the RSS while addressing a National Students' Union Of India (NSUI) convention in New Delhi. Referring to a meeting between PM Modi and former PM Manmohan Singh last evening, Mr Gandhi said, Mr Modi took a lesson from Dr Singh on how to run the economy.
Here are the highlights of his speech:
Different voices can be heard in the meetings
The Congress party believes in discipline, but I have understood the reality slowly in the last 10 years
Earlier, I would wonder why there was no order. Now, I understand why
Our organisation wants to hear every voice. It's in our DNA. Our strength
There is internal dialogue in the Congress party
Discipline is a way of killing individuality. That is what others (BJP) think
We say you should talk about everything. They say you cannot talk about Telangana or anything else
PM went to China, France, Nepal and even Mongolia, but he didn't visit any farmer or labourer
They said they will bring back black money in 100 days. One year has gone past, but black money hasn't come yet
Country is run by RSS' ideology
RSS does not allow for debate or dialogue, discipline is used as excuse to suppress individuality
Wherever they want to impose RSS ideology, you stop them
PM Modi wants to go all the Mongolia, but does not go to a farmer's home
PM Modi says education is important, but does not want to spend on education
PM invited Dr Manmohan Singh for an hour-long lesson on the economy