RSS men sitting in every ministry and giving orders, alleges

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Press Trust of India Davanagere (Karna)
Last Updated : Apr 04 2018 | 9:20 PM IST

Congress president Rahul Gandhi today accused the Narendra Modi government of "disrespecting" and "demolishing" various institutions by having RSS men "sitting in every ministry and giving orders."
"I don't know if you all know that in every single
"Who is Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksey? These are the people who arise when you don't respect the financial institutions like the Reserve Bank of India."
"On one side (12th century social reformer) Basavanna's idea of taking along every one together and brotherhood... the ideology that Congress propagates."
Reminding the crowd that the film "Sholay" in the 1970s was shot at nearby Ramanagara, he said GST that was brought by the Central government resembles the film's villain Gabbar Singh and termed GST as "Gabbar Singh Tax."

Hitting out at JDS of former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda, Gandhi said the S in JDS that stood for secular, has today become 'Sangha Parivar.'

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First Published: Apr 04 2018 | 9:20 PM IST

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