New Delhi: For the second time in a week, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi invoked deities to attack the BJP and accused the ruling dispensation of being “fake Hindus”.
Repeating what he said in a public address in Jammu on September 10, Rahul, addressing a Mahila Congress event here today, said: “These people (the BJP) call themselves a Hindu party, but they undermine the powers of deities Lakshmi and Durga all over the country. Where ever they go, they attack the deities and call themselves Hindus. What kind of Hindus are they? They are fake Hindus. They exploit the religion.”
Mentioning the LAC standoff with China, Rahul alleged that the government lied about not ceding any territory.
In a reference to the RSS, Rahul said whereas the Congress ideology believed in enabling women and offering them platforms for growth, the RSS believed otherwise.
“You would have seen Mahatma Gandhi’s picture and how he would always be accompanied by women. Have you ever seen a woman with RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat?” asked Rahul, in potentially controversial remarks, which the BJP had earlier termed as “immature”, with party spokesperson Sambit Patra demanding an apology.
BJP asks Congress leader to apologise
The BJP hit back at Rahul Gandhi over his “dharm ki dalali” comment and asked the Congress leader to apologise for “insulting Hindus”. Party leaders also accused him of “insulting” Hindu deities.