August 02, 2026 09:59 am (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
Kulgam terror attack turns deadlier: Second Chhattisgarh worker succumbs to bullet injuries | 'I'm ashamed': Girl who abused PM Modi during NEET protests issues apology | 'Abuses never solve anything': PM Modi urges forgiveness after Jantar Mantar protest slogans | 'Country wanted an apology, PM forgave it': Congress' sharp swipe at Modi's video over 'abuse' row | Bengal STF arrests JeM suspect from Burdwan; probe underway into 'plot' targeting CM Suvendu Adhikari | 'My father was almost lynched': Families of Delhi cops assaulted during NEET protests share chilling accounts | Nine killed after 'dangerous' building collapses in Maharashtra | Shehzad Poonawalla quits BJP, drops party name from X bio—big political twist | Meta India head Arun Srinivas booked over alleged anti-Modi posts during NEET protests | 'I received threats to join BJP': CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke's explosive allegation sparks fresh political row

RSS out to change the constitution, ideology being imposed on institutions: Rahul Gandhi

| | Aug 17, 2017, at 09:26 pm
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IBNS) : Accusing the Narendra Modi Government of thrusting RSS ideology on "every institution", Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday claimed that the BJP's ideological mentor is attempting to change the constitution and establish its fiefdom in the country.

Addressing a convention of the opposition parties, organised by dissident Janata Dal (United) leader Sharad Yadav,  Rahul also launched a scathing attack on Modi for "selling lies to the public" and doing nothing for them.

"The Narendra Modi Government is imposing RSS ideology in every institution of the country...It is because RSS knows that it cannot win elections with its ideology that it is appointing its own people to every institution...Till the time RSS hasn’t ruled India, they haven’t saluted the flag," Gandhi said.

"There are two ways of looking at the nation. Some says this country belongs to them. Some say they belong to this country. This is the difference between us (Congress) and RSS,"  he said.

Rahul alleged that the RSS seeks to change the constitution which speaks for 'one man one vote.'

: Whatever the constitution guarantees, RSS seeks to destroy it. They want to change the constitution."

"RSS tells you that you do not belong to this country. Dalits were beaten up in Gujarat and then, they said that you do not belong to this country," he said.

Alleging that PM Modi sells lies to the public, Gandhi said the Opposition must fight together to defeat the BJP.

“Where ever he goes, Modi ji lies about one thing or the other, they (BJP) will vanish if we fight together,” he said.

"BJP did not keep promise of bringing back black money,offering jobs to youth.They are helping corporates, but not farmers," he said.

Gandhi further said that the death of farmers in the country had no effect on the Government because Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, in the Lok Sabha, had said that loan waiver was not a policy of the government.

"When asked about jobs, Modi government said it provided jobs to one lakh people last year. They promised two crore jobs, but could provide only one lakh jobs. And out of those one lakh jobs, around 30,000 were provided by the Karnataka government," Gandhi said.

“Modi Ji gave ‘Make In India’ but most things are ‘Made In China’. Truth is that Modi Ji’s ‘Make In India’ has failed,” said Gandhi.

The event was called to save the composite culture of the country.

Top leaders of the Congress, the Left, Samajwadi Party, BSP, TMC and other parties opposed to the BJP have been invited to the programme.

This comes after Yadav termed Nitish Kumar’s joining hands with the BJP to form government as betrayal of the people’s mandate.

 

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.