Cong flays RSS for remarks on Rahul

The Congress stepped up attack on RSS for its remarks against Rahul Gandhi.

The Congress on Wednesday stepped up attack on RSS for its remarks against Rahul Gandhi saying the right-wing outfit is a “master in spreading rumours” and that its statements should not be given any significance.

“What Rahul Gandhi has said is correct. RSS has no answer to what Gandhi has said. Congress does not have to learn history and culture with RSS. They are known masters in spreading rumour,” AICC General Secretary Digvijay Singh told reporters here.

He was reacting to RSS hitting out at Gandhi saying the congress leader needs to learn more about the country before making “meaningless” statements.

“He should brush up his knowledge before making meaningless statements. He should know the difference between RSS and banned outfits and know the history of Congress party,which has been accused of fundamentalism in the last six decades,” RSS spokesperson Ram Madhav said.

The RSS was reacting to an earlier statement by Gandhi in Bhopal where he described the right-wing outfit as “fanatical”,saying it was no different from banned terror outfit SIMI and that both hold “fundamentalist” views.

Seeking to turn the tables on RSS,Singh said,”Ram Madhav should read history. BJP called Jinnah secular while Congress always fought against his Muslim League. RSS supported the British during freedom struggle while we fought against them.”

Congress has been fighting fanatic ideology irrespective of whether it concerned Hindus or Muslims since the beginning.

Story continues below this ad

The Congress leader said RSS has a large number of organisations including Bajrant Dal,Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Abhinav Bharat “who are involved in various kinds of activities”.

He claimed that a number of persons belonging to these organisations have been found to be involved in terror incidents and dared the RSS to deny their association with it.

“It is time the RSS introspected what people associated with it are doing.”

He said the RSS or Ram Madhav’s statements should not be given any significance as “they keep on making false statements”.

Story continues below this ad

Singh also reacted strongly to the remarks of BJP spokesperson Prakash Javedkar that Rahul Gandhi seems to have lost his mental balance.

“Should he (Javedkar) first get his mental check up done,” the AICC leader said.

Another AICC General Secretary Janardan Dwivedi,who is also the chief of party’s media department said,”what Rahulji had said was a political comment. We believe any comment by any organisation or individual politically opposed to one should be replied in a civilised manner. We don’t believe in making such personal comments.”