NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Monday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal for not “speaking a word” on caste survey, rising inflation, Gautam Adani US indictment issue among others.
“Prime Minister Modi and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal do not even speak about caste census. Both want backward communities, Dalits, tribals and minorities to not get their rights… You should ask Prime Minister Modi and Arvind Kejriwal whether they support caste census or not… After the Congress government is formed in Delhi, we will conduct caste census in the national capital,” he said addressing the addresses ‘Jai Bapu, Jai Bhim, Jai Samvidhan’ public meeting at Seelampur, Delhi.
“Inflation is at its peak. Poor people are becoming poorer and rich people are becoming richer. Ambani and Adani do marketing for PM Modi. Have you ever seen PM Modi, Arvind Kejriwal saying anything about Adani? …We don’t want a country of billionaires,” he continued.
Continuing with his “save the Constitution” rhetoric, Rahul reiterated that BJP and RSS were trying to “destroy” the Constitution.
“There is an ideological battle going on in the country and no matter what happens, we will continue to protect the Constitution. It is clearly written in the Constitution that India belongs to every Indian. Irrespective of his caste or religion. It is also written that every Indian should be protected in the country. But these days the BJP-RSS people are trying to destroy the Constitution. These people spread hatred, make one brother fight with another brother and scare people. We went from Kanyakumari to Kashmir to save the Constitution,” he said.
The Congress is gearing up for a solitary political fight in Delhi as two major partners of the INDIA bloc have thrown their support behind Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party for the assembly elections.
Although the Congress and AAP were allies during the Lok Sabha elections in Delhi, they will now face off as competitors in the upcoming polls. Delhi is set to go to polls on February 5 and the votes would be counted on February 8.
