Live news: Congress for inclusive nation, not 'two Indias', says Rahul
Live news update: The Congress party's ideology is to "take everyone along" and the BJP believes in dividing people, he says.
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi speaks about Goa elections in this file photo.
Live news updates: The Congress party’s ideology is to "take everyone along" and the BJP believes in dividing people, said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday.
“We help the weak; they help the select strongest industrialists” he said, adding that “the BJP wants to create two Indias. One for the rich, for 2-3 big industrialists, and other for the poor, adivasis, Dalits, and the backward people. We do not want two Indias; we want a single nation where everyone gets an opportunity to fulfil their dream,” he said at a rally in Banswara.
“It is a fight between two ideologies. On one hand, there is Congress ideology, which says that you have to take everyone along, to respect everyone, and to protect everyone’s history and culture. On the other hand, the BJP divides people, and crushes and stifles…,” said Gandhi in his first public address after his party’s three-day Chintan Shivir in Udaipur.
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First Published: May 16 2022 | 7:22 AM IST