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Rahul Gandhi stated the Modi authorities was witnessing the “expression” of India following large scholar protests.
Rahul Gandhi additionally criticised the Modi authorities’s strategy to overseas coverage, saying he didn’t perceive the concept that diplomacy was primarily about constructing private friendships with overseas leaders. (File picture: PTI)
Lok Sabha Chief of Opposition and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Thursday launched a recent assault on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, claiming there are “many hidden causes” why he doesn’t sleep at evening.
Talking at an occasion, Gandhi stated the Narendra Modi-led authorities was witnessing the “expression” of India following large scholar protests and claimed that the nation would proceed to voice its considerations.
“Our job may be very easy, and we will drive them loopy. I’m telling you, Narendra Modi doesn’t sleep at evening. There are completely different causes. There’s an apparent cause, and there are lots of hidden causes too,” Gandhi stated.
He additionally took a swipe at and Union House Minister Amit Shah, questioning his absence from Parliament amid latest scholar protests.
“You noticed Amit Shah, the so-called—what was he referred to as? Chanakya, what else? Sardar Patel. The place has he disappeared? He couldn’t come to the Parliament Home for 20 days. Why? As a result of for the primary time, they’re feeling India’s expression,” Gandhi stated.
He added that the federal government had realised that “this nation won’t cease expressing itself.”
#WATCH | Delhi: Lok Sabha LoP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi says, “…Our job may be very easy, and we will drive them loopy. I’m telling you, Narendra Modi doesn’t sleep at evening. There are completely different causes. There’s an apparent cause, and there are lots of hidden causes too. You… pic.twitter.com/sZM4puhi6I— ANI (@ANI) August 13, 2026
Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Overseas Coverage Means Hugging’ Comment
Rahul Gandhi additionally criticised the Modi authorities’s strategy to overseas coverage, saying he didn’t perceive the concept that diplomacy was primarily about constructing private friendships with overseas leaders. “I don’t know the place it got here from; this concept received into their heads. I don’t know who put it there or the place it got here from, the concept that overseas coverage means hugging politicians,” he stated.
Recalling a childhood go to to the USA together with his mom Sonia Gandhi and grandmother, former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi narrated an anecdote about an official dinner involving then-US President Ronald Reagan’s spouse, Nancy Reagan.
He stated the incident illustrated his view {that a} Prime Minister’s overseas engagements needs to be pushed by nationwide pursuits fairly than private friendships.
“You aren’t simply visiting a good friend’s home. On this position, the Prime Minister of India doesn’t have interaction in mere friendship. They’ve little interest in friendship; their job is to guard the nation,” he stated, quoting his grandmother’s remarks.
Rahul Gandhi Calls RSS ‘Instrument of Giant Capital’
Rahul Gandhi additionally launched a pointy assault on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), claiming that the organisation had modified essentially over time. He stated the RSS initially represented sections of India’s small-business group, together with goldsmiths and jewellers, however had since been “captured” by massive capital.
“The RSS as an unique pressure is lifeless. Now the RSS is the instrument of enormous capital,” he stated.
He additionally criticised the organisation’s conventional shows involving sticks, saying its members had been “making a idiot of themselves”.
Rahul Gandhi additional questioned the Prime Minister’s strategy to the media and repeated his criticism of Modi for not holding common press conferences.
“Have you ever ever thought of why the Prime Minister doesn’t do press conferences?” Gandhi requested, including that he had initially believed it was a “advertising and marketing technique”.
‘You’re Preventing A Bunch of Jokers’: Rahul Gandhi
In one other sharp comment, Rahul Gandhi stated there was no cause for Congress or the opposition to be afraid of the BJP or the RSS.
“I can perceive if you’re combating the British Empire and all of a sudden you say, I’m feeling a bit scared. However you’re combating a bunch of jokers,” he stated.
Gandhi accused his political opponents of getting little understanding of India’s historical past and philosophy. He argued that understanding India requires understanding the nation because it exists at present fairly than wanting solely at its historical past hundreds of years in the past.
“To grasp India, you possibly can’t perceive India 3,000 years in the past. You need to perceive it at present, proper now,” Gandhi stated, including that India’s “expression” was key to understanding the nation.
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