Rahul Gandhi “100% Ready” To Take On Modi In A Debate
May 11, 2024 | Pratirodh Bureau
Rahul Gandhi said, "One organization wants to destroy the future and the education system of the country. The name of that organization is the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh."
On Friday, May 10, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that his party has also made mistakes and will have to change its politics in future. The remark by Rahul Gandhi came at an event organised in Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow, where he accused PM Narendra Modi of being a monarch and not a prime minister, calling him a front for “two-three financiers”.
The former Congress president, while answering a question from a member of the audience at the event on the Constitution, said he was “100 per cent” prepared to take on Narendra Modi in a debate but he knew that the prime minister will not agree.
In his speech, Gandhi said, “The Congress party will also have to change its politics in the coming times. This will have to be done. I also want to say that the Congress party has also made mistakes and I am saying this while being from the Congress party.”
However, Gandhi did not elaborate on what “change” he felt the Congress needed.
The “Samvidhan Sammelan” was organised by the Samruddha Bharat Foundation.
Meanwhile, Gandhi claimed that the ruling BJP will be restricted to less than 180 seats in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.
Repeating the prediction he made at joint rallies in Uttar Pradesh earlier in the day with Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, Gandhi said, “I can give you in writing, if you want, that Narendra Modi is not going to be the PM again.”
He added, “Some people in politics only think of how to get power. I was born into it and have no interest in it. But for me it’s just a tool to help public.”
Gandhi said 90 per cent of the population in India comprises of people from the SC/ST, OBC, Dalits, tribals, minorities and the poor from the general community who are not given equal participation.
Thereafter, he repeated his call for a caste-based census. He said, “If the nation is to be strengthened, it cannot be done without including the 90 per cent. If you say that the 90 per cent will not come into bureaucracy, sports, media, judiciary and even beauty pageants, then what superpower will you make? Do you want to make 10 per cent of the population a superpower?”
Gandhi accused PM Modi of attacking the Constitution. “Modi ji is a king, I am telling the truth,” he said. “He is not the prime minister, he is a king. He has nothing to do with the Cabinet, Parliament or the Constitution. He is the king of the 21st century and is the front for two or three financiers who have the real power,” added Gandhi.
The Congress leader took three questions — at the end of his address — including one on a recent suggestion that he and the PM should participate in a debate. He said, “I am 100 per cent ready to debate with anyone, with the prime minister. But I know the prime minister will not debate with me.”
Gandhi added that Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge could also participate in a debate.
When quizzed about the Old Pension Scheme not being included in the party manifesto, Gandhi said the matter is “open to consideration”.
He said, “It will be difficult but we will not allow the blatant privatisation of big institutions,” when asked if the institutions privatised by the Modi government will be nationalised again.