Our institutions have been captured, says Rahul Gandhi
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said their party is fighting a machine that has captured the institutional framework of the country. “We are fighting the machine that has captured the institutional framework in the country.
They have unlimited ability to buy and threaten people and that’s what happened in Goa,” he said. Rahul Gandhi was addressing a press at a convention centre. Rahul Gandhi resumed the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ by planting a sapling brought from Lakshadweep at the premises of the Union Christian College Aluva here.
He also paid floral tribute to a mango tree planted by Mahatma Gandhi at the college on March 18, 1925. “Kerala has seen overwhelming success and people have been coming out regardless of their affiliations. This Yatra is about an India that stands united , which is not at war with itself,” the Wayanad MP said.
There are two other issues that are driving the Yatra – unemployment and price rise, he added. Asked about the Congress presidential election, he said, “Congress President is not just an organisational post, it is an ideological post.
Who ever becomes Congress President should remember that he represents a set of views, ideas and ideology.” Asked about the NIA mega crackdown on PFI links, he said, “All forms of communalism, violence regardless of where they come from are the same and must be combated. There should be zero tolerance towards violence.”
