New Delhi: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi backed the central authorities’s stance on the Russia-Ukraine battle Thursday. Talking on the Nationwide Press Membership in Washington D.C., Gandhi mentioned, “Now we have a relationship with Russia. Now we have had a relationship with Russia. Now we have sure dependencies on them. So I might have a really related stance because the Authorities of India.”
“On the finish of the day, we now have to additionally look out for our nationwide curiosity,” he added, in response to a question on his stance on Russia whereas talking at a press convention. Gandhi is on a six-day tour of the US.
Talking concerning the Lok Sabha elections subsequent yr, Gandhi mentioned he didn’t agree with the notion that PM Narendra Modi would win one other time period in 2024 and added {that a} united Opposition might beat the Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP).
When requested why the Congress is allying with events such because the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) in Kerala whereas speaking a few secular India, Gandhi mentioned, “Muslim League is a totally secular occasion. There’s nothing non-secular about them. I feel the particular person (who requested the query) hasn’t studied the Muslim League.”
The BJP hit out at Gandhi for this remark with the occasion’s nationwide IT division chief Amit Malviya tweeting that the Congress chief is “disingenuous and sinister”. “Jinnah’s Muslim League, the occasion accountable for India’s partition, on spiritual strains, based on Rahul Gandhi is a ‘secular’ occasion. Rahul Gandhi, although poorly learn, is just being disingenuous and sinister right here. Additionally it is his compulsion to stay acceptable in Wayanad,” mentioned BJP’s Malviya on a video of Gandhi’s assertion.
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Gandhi was additionally requested why the Congress was not supporting Delhi’s Aam Aadmi Get together (AAP) authorities towards the central authorities ordinance that creates a brand new statutory authority to deal with switch and posting of bureaucrats.
AAP has reached out to different events in its marketing campaign towards the ordinance that nullifies the current Supreme Court docket determination that the Delhi authorities has management over the ‘companies’. AAP convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has sought time from Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Gandhi to debate the matter however hasn’t been given an appointment but.
“That’s an inside dialogue we’re having. The Opposition is fairly effectively united and it’s getting increasingly united. We’re having conversations with all the Opposition and there’s fairly a bit of fine work occurring there,” he mentioned.
He, nonetheless, additionally conceded that Opposition unity had lots of complexities. When requested whether or not he would conform to an Opposition entrance not led by the Congress, Gandhi mentioned that the choice could be of the occasion president, Mallikarjun Kharge.
“These are inquiries to ask Kharge as a result of he’s the choice maker. However I feel Congress will do very effectively within the 2024 elections. There’s a hidden undercurrent constructing and I feel we’ll shock individuals. I’m not fully satisfied about this concept that Mr. Modi will win the 2024 elections. For those who do the maths, then a united Opposition can beat the BJP by itself,” he mentioned.
(Edited by Smriti Sinha)
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