Addressing a gathering at Bucerius Summer School, Hamburg, Rahul Gandhi said India begun a transition 70 years ago from a rural India to an urban India, which meant breaking the ideas of caste. The Congress chief also mentioned his famous hug to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Parliament. He said some of his own party members did not like it when he hugged Modi during a debate on no-confidence motion against the government in July. Gandhi said Modi was making "hateful remarks" about him but he showed affection.