‘BJP Will Be Difficult To Find…’: Rahul Gandhi Says Congress Wants To Finish The Saffron Party

New York: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has said after the Karnataka election victory that his party will “demolish” the BJP in elections in Telangana and other states, asserting that it is not just the Congress party but the people of India who are behind it. Going to defeat hate-filled ideology. “We have shown in Karnataka that we can finish the BJP. We didn’t defeat them, we defeated them. We finished them in Karnataka,” Gandhi said at a dinner hosted by the Indian Overseas Congress-USA here on Saturday. Gave.”

Gandhi arrived in New York after visiting Washington and San Francisco and will address a community rally at the Javits Center in Manhattan on Sunday. He said that in the Karnataka elections, the BJP “tried everything in the book, they had the whole media, they had 10 times the money we had, they had the government, they had the agency. Had everything and then we were over.” them,” Gandhi said.

“And I want you to know that we are going to eliminate them in Telangana next,” he told the gathering to thunderous applause. “It will be difficult to find BJP in Telangana after this election,” he said. Elections in the south Indian state are due later this year. The community event drew a large number of congressional supporters, officials, party members and members of the expatriate community, including New York City Mayor Eric Adams.

Apart from the Telangana election, ‘elections are also scheduled for Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, where we will do what we did to them in Karnataka,’ Gandhi said amid cheers and applause from supporters. Gandhi said, “It is not just the Congress party that is going to defeat the BJP. It is the people of India, the people of Madhya Pradesh, the people of Telangana, the people of Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh who are going to defeat the BJP.” Said.

He further said that the reason for this is that ‘India has understood that it cannot move forward with the kind of hatred BJP is spreading in the society’. “This is going to happen in the next few states. And then after that in 2024 we will do the same. The opposition is united, we are all working together. This is an ideological fight. On one side, there is a divisive BJP Ideology, the hateful ideology of the BJP, on the other hand is the affectionate, loving ideology of the Congress party.

In Karnataka, he said, the BJP tried to polarize the elections and create anger and hatred between communities. The audience replied in the negative, “The Prime Minister himself tried it. Did it work?” Gandhi said the people of Karnataka declared that the election was about prices, unemployment and corruption. Gandhi referred to his slogan made during the Bharat Jodo Yatra, during which he had said, ‘Nafrat ke bazaar mein mohabbat ki dukan kholenge’.

Adams said “America’s New Delhi is right here in New York City.” “This community is one of the most highly educated, most highly business driven and owned,” he said, adding that the unique thing about America is that, “We ask you never to leave your homeland. Because you hug your adopted people.” Bhumi,” amid thunderous applause and cheers from the assembled crowd. The NYC mayor said, “You are Indian- (dash) American. As you embrace America, don’t remove the Indian part.”

He said that India has ‘historically given so much not only to the geographical boundaries of your country but what the Indian community has historically given to the world is remarkable and historical proportions are yet to be truly reflected’. “All the great Nobel Peace Prize winners have basically borrowed from the rich history of your society,” he said, adding that they drew inspiration from the ancient Vedas and early writings. Earlier in the day, Gandhi held a “thought-provoking conversation” with leading thinkers in New York at Roosevelt House, home of former US President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Gandhi said the Indian diaspora in the US is “our ambassador” and has shown America and the rest of the world “what it means to be an Indian”. He said that there is a fight going on in our country and a similar fight is going on in America also regarding two different visions for India. “A vision that is our vision – accepts all, embraces all, respects all, loves all, and wants everyone to have respect for their religion, their community, their caste, their language Be a part of our country’s future regardless.

“We are fighting our friends in the BJP. They have a very limited view of our country,” he said. Addressing the audience and expatriates at the event, Gandhi said: “You respect other religions. You respect other cultures. You respect other people, you respect women. And that’s from the BJP.” The best way to fight is to live by the ideology.” We believe in it,” he said, adding that the fight is not difficult.