At Gandhi function, Sonia slams BJP, RSS

NEW DELHI: In a sharp take down of BJP and RSS, Congress president Sonia Gandhi said that those who are thirsty for power, who consider themselves supreme, and who indulge in the politics of falsehood will never understand Mahatma Gandhi’s ideals of truth, Swaraj and selfless service. Sonia Gandhi was speaking at the culmination of Delhi Congress’ Gandhi Yatra at Rajghat. Battling BJP as it attempts to appropriate Mahatma Gandhi as its own, Sonia told party workers and leaders at Rajghat that Gandhi’s soul would be pained to see how the India of his dreams had changed in the last five years.
“It is easy to take Gandhi’s name but difficult to follow in his footsteps,” Sonia said, adding that India and Gandhi are synonymous.
“They want RSS, not Gandhi to be the icon of India. But an inclusive India, built on the politics of truth, is the hallmark of Gandhi’s legacy. Those who gain power unscrupulously, and who consider themselves supreme, will not understand Gandhi Swarajya, or his selfless service to the nation,” she said, accusing the BJP and RSS of using “every imaginable trick” to shake the foundations of the India that Bapu built, but failing to upset India’s composite culture and civilisation.
“In recent years, they have been unscrupulous and used every trick in the trade to become powerful. But India did not lose its way because it is founded on the principles laid by Mahatma Gandhi,” Sonia Gandhi said.
In Lucknow, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said BJP should pursue the path of truth before talking about Gandhi. She made the remarks before participating in a silent three-kilometre march that culminated in the Congress leaders offering floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi.
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1. ^{^} Sonia Gandhi (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
2. ^{^} Mahatma Gandhi (www.speakingtree.in)
3. ^{^} Priyanka Gandhi (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)

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