Rahul Gandhi's 'Fighting Indian State Itself' Remark On Mohan Bhagwat's Comment Stokes Row

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has slammed Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat for his "true independence" remark saying that it was "treason". Rahul was speaking at the inauguration of the new Congress headquarters in New Delhi. He said that Bhagwat said that India got "true independence" after Ram temple Pran-Pratishta amounted to treason.

The Rae Bareli MP said every party worker is fighting this battle of ideologies under difficult circumstances where institutions have been captured by the BJP and the RSS.

Gandhi, the leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha, said there was a "serious problem" with the Election Commission. He said the party is fighting 'BJP, RSS and the Indian state itself'. Now, this remark has stoked a row with the Congress party saying that Gandhi did not say anything wrong.

"Mohan Bhagwat has the audacity to say to the country what he thinks about the independence movement and the Constitution. What he said yesterday is treason... Because he is stating that the Constitution is invalid and the fight against the British was invalid. He has the audacity to say this publicly. In any other country, he would be arrested and tried. That is a fact," Rahul Gandhi said.

He added, "To say that India did not get independence in 1947 is an insult to every Indian. And it is time to stop listening to this nonsense that these people think they can keep parroting out and shouting."

"It is important that we take ideas from this building and spread these ideas in the rest of the country," the former Congress president said.

Slamming the Congress MP, Union Minister JP Nadda said, "I 'compliment' Rahul Gandhi for saying clearly what the nation knows- that he is fighting the Indian state! It is not a secret that Gandhi and his ecosystem have close links with Urban Naxals and the Deep State who want to defame, demean and discredit India."

"His repeated actions have also strengthened this belief. Everything he has done or said has been in the direction of breaking India and dividing our society," he added in X post.

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