Rahul Gandhi said that Mayawati did not contest the UP elections because of the fear of CBI and ED.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi launched a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party and the RSS, saying that Mayawati did not contest the elections out of fear of CBI, ED and Pegasus. Rahul Gandhi was speaking at a book launch event on Saturday.
Speaking at the event, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said: “Mayawati ji did not contest elections, we sent her a message to form an alliance but she did not respond. Kanshi Ram ji raised the voice of Dalits in UP, although it affected Congress happened. This time they didn’t fight for Dalit voices because there are CBI, ED and Pegasus.”
Taking a dig at the RSS, the Congress leader said: “We have to protect the Constitution. To save the Constitution, we have to protect our institutions. But all the institutions are in the hands of the RSS.”
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Speaking at the event, Rahul Gandhi also mentioned that the Congress had offered to contest the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections jointly and make him the chief ministerial candidate, but “he didn’t even talk to us”.
Hitting out at the BSP supremo, the former Congress president alleged that Mayawati gave a clear path to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
While the leader made it clear that institutions are neither controlled by the people nor the country, the Congress leader said: “This is not a new attack. It started the day Mahatma Gandhi was killed by bullets.”
Gandhi said he would not have been able to speak against the government if he had taken any money and alleged that the CBI and the ED control the political system.
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