Rahul Gandhi attacked RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat over his 3-day conclave in Delhi and alleged RSS was out to attack India’s independent instituitons.
New Delhi: Congress president Rahul Gandhi Saturday attacked RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat over his three-day conclave, Future of Bharat: An RSS perspective, that was held in the capital earlier this week.
“Mohan Bhagwat in his earlier speeches had said ‘We are going to organise the nation’. Who are you to organise the nation? The nation will organise itself. In the next couple of months, their fantasy will be smashed,” Rahul Gandhi said at a meeting of professors from educational institutions across the country.
In a two-hour interaction, the Congress president continually alleged that the RSS was out to attack independent institutions and was trying to take over the education system.
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“The RSS vision of India, like Amit Shah said, is that of a golden bird. They view it as a product and how it is to be utilised. They decide on who utilises it,” added Rahul.
‘Congress fighting for independent institutions’
Rahul Gandhi said that Congress was fighting to prevent this attempted systematic capture of all the independent institutions such as the judiciary, educational institutions, Election Commission and others.
Rahul Gandhi has in recent months regularly attacked the RSS over ideological issues, particularly claiming that it was out to break the country.
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He is also facing a defamation case, filed by an RSS swayamsevak in 2014 in Maharashtra, after he claimed that the RSS had killed Mahatma Gandhi. In June this year, Rahul had made an appearance in the court in the defamation case and refused to apologise for his remarks.