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Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi has hit back at the BJP over its ‘Parivar Bachao’ remark, saying the Bharat Jodo Yatra is being undertaken to undo the damage done by the BJP-RSS in the country.
Speaking to the media during the yatra which started from Kanyakumari on Thursday, Gandhi accused the BJP of taking control of institutions of the country and pressurising those who are against them.
#WATCH | BJP has taken control of all the institutions of this country & pressurise through them…we’re not fighting anymore a political party. It’s now between the structure of the Indian state & opposition: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi in Tamil Nadu during ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ pic.twitter.com/c2sXkFmvgs
— ANI (@ANI) September 9, 2022
“Everybody has an opinion, BJP has one, RSS has its opinion. They are free to have these. For us, the Congress, this is a journey and an attempt at understanding what is going on in India and an attempt at undoing the damage that has been done by BJP and RSS,” he said.
Gandhi alleged that the BJP has appointed its own people to the institutions of the country.
“They pressurise those who are against them. We are used to fighting political parties. Now the fight is not between parties. It is now between the structure of Indian state and the opposition. It is not an easy fight, and a lot of people do not want to fight,” he told reporters.
“The yatra will of course help in bringing together the Opposition but that is a separate exercise,” the former Congress chief said when asked about what is being done for Opposition unity. Responding to another question, Gandhi said it is the responsibility of the entire Opposition to come together.
“Every party has a role in it, it’s not that the Congress party is the only party, every party has a role in it, and that discussion is in progress,” he said. Rahul Gandhi, along with several of his party colleagues, embarked on the 3,570-km ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ from Kanyakumari on Thursday.
