Rahul targets PM, says Hindutva follower bathes alone in Ganga

LUCKNOW: Returning to his former parliamentary constituency, Amethi, after nearly two-and-a-half years, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said the nation is passing through a state of dilemma with truthful and peace-loving Hindu on the one side and violent hate-mongering ‘ s’ on the other.
Addressing ‘ ’ organised by Uttar Pradesh Congress as part of its poll campaign, Rahul spoke about the true meaning of a Hindu as someone who only follows the path of truth and never converts his fear into violence, hate and anger.
“A ‘ ’ bathes alone in the Ganga while a Hindu bathes with crores of people. (Prime Minister) Narendra Modi says he is a Hindu, but when did he protect the truth? The PM said he would create two crore jobs, where did he do so? He asked people to bang s to get rid of Covid… Hindu or ,” Rahul asked.
Taking a jibe at the PM for his holy dip during the inauguration of Kashi Vishwanath Corridor in Varanasi, he said: “For the first time, I saw just one person taking bath in the Ganga, (he) removed Yogi (Adityanath), sidelined Rajnath Singh... The entire world saw only one person bathing in the Ganga…,” he said.
Speaking about the difference between Mahatma Gandhi and his assassin Nathuram Godse, he said, “Mahatma Gandhi spent his life understanding truth and then there is Godse, a ‘ ’. Nobody calls him (Godse) a ‘Mahatma’ (a revered soul) because he killed a Hindu who always spoke the truth… Godse was a coward, a weak man. He could not face his fear.”
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also attacked the Centre and UP government by stating that the the PM and the UP CM were weaving a network of lies to establish that the fate of people in the country was changed for the better. “However, every single person in the country knows the reality,” she said.
Priyanka called upon the people to do away with the BJP government in UP in 2022 if they want actual development and growth for themselves and for their children.
She reiterated the importance of women in politics and said the Congress was the only party to have fulfilled the first promise even before the elections by giving 40% of its tickets to women candidates.