Huge undercurrent in opposition to BJP in nation, says Rahul Gandhi

By PTI

NEW DELHI: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Saturday mentioned there was an enormous undercurrent in opposition to the BJP throughout the nation and urged the opposition to unite to current another imaginative and prescient to the folks.

Addressing a press convention right here, Gandhi mentioned the Bharat Jodo Yatra supplied a framework to current a brand new approach of working and pondering to the folks.

Gandhi additionally sought mutual respect between opposition leaders and the Congress in taking up the BJP, which has been fully dominating the nation’s political house.

“If the opposition stands effectively with a vision, it will become very difficult for the BJP to win elections. But the opposition has to coordinate effectively and the opposition has to go to the people with an alternative vision,” he mentioned.

“There is a huge undercurrent against the BJP. Massive undercurrent,” the previous Congress president mentioned.

“This is no longer a tactical political fight. That era is over, where one group came together and to defeat the BJP. India’s institutional framework is now controlled by one ideology. They are dominating India’s political space completely,” he mentioned.

“You need to have an ideology to defeat them. I have a lot of respect for the opposition. I like them a lot. But, I wish to tell them… that only the Congress can provide a central ideological framework. That is our role,” he added.

“But, our role is also to ensure that the opposition feels comfortable and they are respected. There has to be mutual respect…they should extend it to us, we should also reciprocate,” Gandhi mentioned.

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Spelling out his imaginative and prescient, Gandhi mentioned, India ought to emerge as a “production nation” as an alternative of a “rent-seeking” nation. It ought to have an training coverage that allowed kids to offer wings to their creativeness and look past careers in drugs, engineering, civil companies and legislation, he added.

He additionally spoke a couple of clear international coverage, in contrast to a “confused” coverage pursued by the federal government, and better financial equality.

Gandhi mentioned he was in favour of enormous companies as that they had a central position within the economic system, however the identical shouldn’t be managed by “two-three persons.”

He mentioned he thought of the RSS/BJP as his “guru” they usually continuously present him the trail that shouldn’t be completed. “The more they attack us, it gives us a greater opportunity to improve ourselves,” Gandhi mentioned.

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NEW DELHI: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Saturday mentioned there was an enormous undercurrent in opposition to the BJP throughout the nation and urged the opposition to unite to current another imaginative and prescient to the folks.

Addressing a press convention right here, Gandhi mentioned the Bharat Jodo Yatra supplied a framework to current a brand new approach of working and pondering to the folks.

Gandhi additionally sought mutual respect between opposition leaders and the Congress in taking up the BJP, which has been fully dominating the nation’s political house.

“If the opposition stands effectively with a vision, it will become very difficult for the BJP to win elections. But the opposition has to coordinate effectively and the opposition has to go to the people with an alternative vision,” he mentioned.

“There is a huge undercurrent against the BJP. Massive undercurrent,” the previous Congress president mentioned.

“This is no longer a tactical political fight. That era is over, where one group came together and to defeat the BJP. India’s institutional framework is now controlled by one ideology. They are dominating India’s political space completely,” he mentioned.

“You need to have an ideology to defeat them. I have a lot of respect for the opposition. I like them a lot. But, I wish to tell them… that only the Congress can provide a central ideological framework. That is our role,” he added.

“But, our role is also to ensure that the opposition feels comfortable and they are respected. There has to be mutual respect…they should extend it to us, we should also reciprocate,” Gandhi mentioned.

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Spelling out his imaginative and prescient, Gandhi mentioned, India ought to emerge as a “production nation” as an alternative of a “rent-seeking” nation. It ought to have an training coverage that allowed kids to offer wings to their creativeness and look past careers in drugs, engineering, civil companies and legislation, he added.

He additionally spoke a couple of clear international coverage, in contrast to a “confused” coverage pursued by the federal government, and better financial equality.

Gandhi mentioned he was in favour of enormous companies as that they had a central position within the economic system, however the identical shouldn’t be managed by “two-three persons.”

He mentioned he thought of the RSS/BJP as his “guru” they usually continuously present him the trail that shouldn’t be completed. “The more they attack us, it gives us a greater opportunity to improve ourselves,” Gandhi mentioned.

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