- The Congress leader alleged that the RSS is running everything in the country.
- Rahul Gandhi is visiting Ladakh for the first time after the abrogation of Article 370 and the bifurcation of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories.
- Rahul Gandhi has said the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) was placing its own people in every institution of the country.
- Rahul Gandhi was also engaged with youth during an event in Leh, media reported.
The RSS is widely considered as the ideological wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and the Opposition has often drawn parallels between them. The Congress leader alleged that the RSS is running everything in the country. The former Congress president heard as saying in a video clip that is now being widely shared on social media.
On similar lines, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav earlier hit out at the central government and alleged that the RSS-BJP ideology is running a campaign to hoist the national flag in every house only because they didn’t support the Quit India Movement launched by Mahatma Gandhi.
Rahul Gandhi is visiting Ladakh for the first time after the abrogation of Article 370 and the bifurcation of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories. He also interacted with the youth at an event in Leh.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said those deputed by the RSS are actually running the country’s ministries and are suggesting everything. Rahul Gandhi has said the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) was placing its own people in every institution of the country. Gandhi made these remarks, during his first visit to Ladakh since Jammu and Kashmir were divided into two Union Territories, the reports said. He alleged RSS, which is the ruling BJP’s ideological parent, is running everything in the country, the reports said.
“Even if you ask any of the ministers in the Union government, they will tell you they are actually not running their ministries. Those deputed by the RSS are actually running these ministries and are suggesting everything,” he has reportedly said in Ladakh.
Rahul Gandhi was also engaged with youth during an event in Leh, media reported.
During the event, the Congress MP said, “India got freedom in 1947 and consolidation of freedom in India is the constitution. The Constitution is a set of rules.”
“The way you put the Constitution into action is by setting up institutions that support the vision of the Constitution. What the BJP and RSS are doing is placing their own people in key positions of institutional structure,” he said.
Earlier, Rahul Gandhi was seen watching a football match in Leh.
(With inputs from agencies
