Rahul Gandhi calls BJP-RSS ‘bunch of jokers’, attacks Modi’s foreign policy

Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi addresses the Rachnatmak Congress National Convention in New Delhi on Thursday, where he criticised the BJP-RSS and questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s foreign policy (Source: Photo by Anil Sharma)

Talking about the media toeing government's line on various issues, he said he understands their limitations but asserted that national spirit was about not allowing a "bunch of clowns to create an order over us" (Source: Photo by Anil Sharma)

He also said it has somehow been ingrained in Modi's mind that foreign policy is about hugging leaders (Source: Photo by Anil Sharma)

Gandhi then hugged Rachnatmak Congress chief Sandeep Dikshit to show what foreign policy was about for the current government (Source: Photo by Anil Sharma)

Gandhi claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was unable to sleep and said BJP leaders were feeling the pressure of India's growing expression, referring to Home Minister Amit Shah and his absence from Parliament for 20 days (Source: Photo by Anil Sharma)

He claimed that the RSS had been "captured and utilised by the large capital --Mr Adani and Mr Ambani". The RSS ceased to express long ago as originally it was expression of the small Indian businessman -- goldsmiths, 'baniyas', and that has died and its gone, he added (Source: Photo by Anil Sharma)

The Leader of Opposition also asserted that if there ever comes a time when there is a call to end the RSS's expression, he would protect it (Source: Photo by Anil Sharma)

The former Congress chief questioned why Prime Minister Narendra Modi does not hold press conferences, claiming that after spending five minutes with him, he realised Modi could not face the media (Source: Photo by Anil Sharma)