Rahul Gandhi targets PM in US, says Modi 'fear' gone after polls
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said while addressing members of the Indian diaspora in Texas on his trip to the United States that his role was to inject «respect and humility for all» into Indian politics, in which «love, respect and humility are missing». The leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha also said that the results of the general election had removed the «fear» of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the ruling establishment among the people.
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«I think what is missing in our political systems and across parties is love, respect and humility,» Gandhi reportedly said at the event. «Love to all human beings, not necessarily only people of one religion, one community, one caste, one state, or to those who speak one language. Respect to everybody who is trying to build India, not just the most powerful, but the weakest, and humility, not in others, but in oneself. I think that is how I see my own role.»
Referring to the recent Lok Sabha election, he said the people had rallied to protect the Constitution from the attack and that after the results, the fear factor was gone. «The fight crystallised in the election when millions of people in India clearly understood that the Prime Minister of India was attacking the Constitution of India… The people were saying the BJP is attacking our tradition, attacking our language, etc. What they understood was that anybody who is attacking the Constitution of India is also attacking our religious tradition. We saw that immediately, within minutes of the election result, nobody in India was scared of the BJP or the Prime Minister. These are huge achievements. These are huge
