Rahul Gandhi in the US

India Post News Service

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, while addressing the Indian diaspora in America in Santa Clara, made strong remarks about politics, unity, and the state of democracy in India. At the event, Rahul Gandhi was heckled by a group of Khalistani supporters who raised slogans against him and briefly interrupted his speech. Khalistani supporters from the audience started raising slogans against him and the Gandhi family in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. The Congress leader was addressing Indians at an event called Mohabbat ki Dukan organized by Indian Overseas Congress in Silicon Valley.

Rahul touched upon several issues ranging from the Bharat Jodo Yatra to his idea for uprooting the social and economic divide in the country. Speaking at the ‘Mohabbat Ki Dukaan’ event organized by Indian Overseas Congress, USA, in Santa Clara on Tuesday, Gandhi took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi by saying “one such specimen” and these people are “absolutely convinced” that they know everything and can explain history to historians, science to scientists and warfare to the army. Throughout his speech, there was nothing constructive or towards the development of Indi

a. He spoke only on minority issues and took digs at the ruling party.  The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday called Rahul Gandhi over his remarks in the United States, saying that the Congress leader does not back down from “insulting the country “on his foreign trips.

Indian Overseas Congress chairperson Sam Pitroda, who accompanied Gandhi at the event, said that India needs a ‘young mind’ like Gandhi to lead the country. Gandhi arrived here on Tuesday on a three-city US tour during which he will interact with the Indian diaspora and meet American lawmakers.

At the end of his speech took six questions from the organizer groups and not from the press or general audience. Answering on the women’s bill, Rahul said we are committed to the women reservation bill. We wanted to pass it in the last government. But some of our allies were not too happy with it, and they didn’t give us the support for that bill. But I’m confident (that) when we come to power we’ll pass that bill.

While targeting the India Government, he alleged the impact of some actions of the BJP-led government was being felt by minorities and people from the Dalit and tribal communities. AIMIM chief and Hyderabad MP, Asaduddin Owaisi, expressed his discontent with the statement made by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. Owaisi recently remarked that Gandhi’s response was unreasonable, pointing out that the question was about Muslims, yet Gandhi shifted the focus to Dalits. Owaisi also highlighted various incidents of violence against Muslims that occurred during the Congress government.