Rahul Gandhi described Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a “formidable enemy”.
Tirunelveli:
Congressional leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday described Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a “formidable enemy” who had “crushed” his opponents.
Mr. Gandhi said that he will defeat the Prime Minister by following the path of love and non-violence.
During an interaction titled ” Educators Gathering ” at the St Xavier College in Tirunelveli, Mr. Gandhi, who toured southern Tamil Nadu for the second day as part of his second stage of campaigning for the assembly elections on 6 April, he also said he had the support of the people. to defeat the BJP.
When a participant wanted to know if Gandhi felt that it was possible to push the Modi government to implement his “good ideas” instead of waiting to assume power that seemed “” utopian “, he said that it could be done with him.” powerful ” and ” valuable ” support from people.
GOI has turned noble professions like agriculture, education, and healthcare into financial products for the benefit of some cronies.
We fight this without anger, hatred or violence.
And non-violence always wins. pic.twitter.com/iRchenkxWV
– Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) February 28, 2021
It was important to dream big, although some of that may not come true, he said in an obvious reference to taking the reins of power from the BJP in the Center.
Continuing, he said, “yes, we are fighting a formidable enemy (Modi). We are fighting an enemy that is dominating money in this country. We are fighting an enemy that is crushing its opponents. But we have done it before. They have. defeated an enemy much bigger (British) than this new enemy that has arrived. “
Recalling the country’s independence movement, he said that the British were far more powerful than Prime Minister Modi would ever be.
“Who is Narendra Modi compared to the British Empire? Nobody. The people of this country sent the British Empire back and in the same way we will send Narendra Modi back to Nagpur (RSS headquarters in Maharashtra),” he said.
Congress is an ally of the DMK in Tamil Nadu and BJP is a partner of the ruling AIADMK.
The congressional leader, responding to another participant, alleged that the BJP-led Center claimed to “represent Hinduism” in various ideas that they espoused, but in reality had nothing to do with that faith.
Hindusim do not preach insulting, killing or beating people, Gandhi claimed, claiming “but they do.”
The essence of all religions was love, but the ” full game ” of the central government is to ” steal ” money from ordinary people, including farmers through initiatives such as farm laws, and give it to the largest companies in the country, he said. alleged.
To another question, he said that he did not like the Center’s New Educational Policy, 2020.
When a teacher argued that NEP was agenda-driven, Gandhi said that any policy on education should be the result of deliberations with students and teachers.
“Unfortunately, this was not done,” he said, adding that it concentrated too much power in the hands of the Center and was destined to damage the education system.
Although the NEP had a positive aspect of flexibility, it was nevertheless a “weapon to communalize, to push a particular ideology into the Indian system and that is why I don’t like it.”
She fought for more scholarships so that more and more poor students were educated and underlined the empowerment of women.
To a demand to bring education back to the state list of the Constitution from the concurrent category, he said: “I do not know that we will investigate.”
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