Rahul Gandhi addresses party workers at Congress plenary session.
Highlights
- In Mahabharata reference, Rahul Gandhi says BJP like Kauravas
- Takes a dig at BJP icon Savarkar and party president Amit Shah
- Pitches for third world-view, different from US and China
Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday equated the BJP and its ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) with the
"Kauravas" of the Hindu epic Mahabharata. He said it was the
dharma of the BJP to grab power. While the BJP was voice of one organisation, the Congress was the voice of the nation, he said. However,
in an admission of mistakes, he said the Congress had failed to live up to expectations and let down people during the final years of its government. "The Congress must change," he said.
Here are top quotes from Rahul Gandhi's speech at Congress Plenary:
Centuries ago there was huge battle on the field of Kurukshetra. The Kauravas were powerful and arrogant. The Pandavas fought for the truth. Like the Kauravas BJP and RSS are designed to fight for power; like the Pandavas, Congress is designed to fight for truth.
The soil of this nation is drenched in the blood of Congressmen and Congresswomen. Gandhiji died for India. India must never forget that when our leader were sleeping in jail, their leader, (Vinayak Damodar) Savarkar was writing letter begging for mercy from British.
They will accept a man accused of murder as the president of BJP, but the people will never accept the same in the Congress party.
The name Modi symbolises the collusion between India's biggest crony capitalists and the prime minister of India. Modi gives Modi 30,000 crore of your money and in turn, Modi gives Modi money for marketing Modi and fighting elections.
Congress will take the country forward, but we are humans, we make mistakes. Modi ji thinks he is not human but an avatar of God.
You can steal Rs 33,000 crore from the banks and the BJP government will protect you. Finance Minister will go silent because he and his daughter work for crony capitalists.
RSS wants to weaken all institutions of the country, it wants judiciary, parliament, police to function under it.
We gave tickets to Congress workers in Gujarat and Modiji was seen flying in seaplane. When we truly empower Congress workers, PM Modi will be seen in a submarine.
I admit there's a wall between Congress leadership and party workers. My first priority is to break this barrier respectfully.
There are two visions before the world today - American and Chinese. My aim is to present an Indian vision to the world.
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