New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi on Thursday flayed the BJP accusing it of attacking the country’s Constitution and using lies for political benefits while asserting that the central idea of the Congress party is the truth.
Addressing a function here to mark the Congress’s 133rd Foundation Day, he said his party may suffer or lose elections but would not give up the truth.
“The Constitution is under attack by the BJP. It is our duty to defend the Constitution, to defend every single person’s future,” the Congress president said.
He also highlighted the Congress’s “glorious” history, claiming the central idea of the party was truth and “we will continue to fight for it”.
Continuing his attack on the ruling party, Gandhi said, “What is happening in our country is a web of deceit. The BJP operates on the basic idea that a lie can be used for political benefits…We (the Congress) might suffer or lose but we would not give up the truth,” he said.
Congress president Rahul Gandhi launched a sharp attack on the Narendra Modi government today saying the “Constitution (and) the foundation of our country is under threat… is under attack directly.”
“Statements are being made by senior members of the Bharatiya Janata Party and it (the Constitution) is under attack surreptitiously,” Rahul, speaking at his party’s foundation day event in New Delhi went on to say.
It is the duty of the Congress and every single Indian to defend the Constitution, Rahul also said, echoing his speech from earlier this month when he took over as president of the grand old party.
Rahul’s comment about “senior members” of the BJP was an apparent reference to union minister Anant Kumar Hegde, who recently attacked “secularists” and said the government was there to “change the constitution.
“I feel happy because he (the person) knows about his blood, but I don’t know what to call those who claim themselves secular,” Hedge was quoted as saying by PTI. He said he respects the constitution but “it will be changed in the days to come”. “We are here for that and that is why we have come.”