As he was addressing the ‘Hain Taiyaar Hum’ mega rally in Nagpur, Maharashtra, Congress senior leader Rahul Gandhi talked about a conversation he had with a BJP Member of Parliament.
According to Mr Gandhi, the said BJP MP met him recently in the Lok Sabha and asked him for a chat. “There was concern on his face. I asked- is everything okay?,” the Wayanad MP said.
Mr Gandhi quoted the BJP MP as saying, “No, all is not well. I don”t feel good being in BJP. My heart is in Congress. Slavery continues in BJP. Whatever is said from above, has to be done without thinking.”
पिछले दिनों BJP का एक MP मुझसे लोकसभा में मिला।
उसने कहा- आपसे बात करनी है। उसके चेहरे पर चिंता थी।
मैंने पूछा- सब ठीक है?
उसने कहा- नहीं, सब ठीक नहीं है। BJP में रहकर अच्छा नहीं लग रहा। मेरा दिल कांग्रेस में है।
BJP में गुलामी चलती है। जो ऊपर से कहा जाता है, वो बिना सोचे… pic.twitter.com/Af8YcSVUqA
— Congress (@INCIndia) December 28, 2023
Mr Gandhi has also criticised the Modi government on the prevailing unemployment in the country.
“Before independence, there were hundreds of kings in this country, there were British. The people of India did not have any rights, then Congress gave all these rights to the people by making the Constitution. This Constitution gave equal rights to everyone. This was done for the first time in the history of India,” he said in the meeting..
In the speech, Mr Gandhi has repeated his party”s promise of holding caste census.
Sounding the poll bugle for the 2024 Lok Sabha election, the Indian National Congress is currently conducting a mega rally titled ‘Hain Tayyar Hum’ (we are ready) in Maharashtra’s Nagpur city. The event is marked by the presence of prominent Congress leaders such as current president Mallikarjun Kharge and general secretary Priyanka Gandhi. State congress chiefs and the three chief ministers of Telangana, Himachal Pradesh and Karnataka also present at the event.