‘The rally from Kanyakumari to Kashmir is very important for India and its society’
‘The rally from Kanyakumari to Kashmir is very important for India and its society’
According to Tamil Nadu Congress, the ‘Bharat Jodi Yatra’, which Congress MP Rahul Gandhi will flag off from Kanyakumari on September 7, will be the ‘biggest long march’ to unite India against the ‘divisive agenda’ of the BJP and RSS. Committee chairman KS Alagiri. He also believed that Mr. Gandhi would be the Prime Minister of India in 2024.
Mr. Alagiri said Hindu He The rally from Kanyakumari to Kashmir was very important for India and its society. “RSS is behaving as if they are protectors of Hindus and Hindu society. He had tried to do the same during the time of Mahatma Gandhi. They failed in the face of Gandhiji’s spirituality.
Mr. Gandhi had said at the Jaipur conference earlier this year that Gandhi was a Hindu, while Godse was a Hindutvawadi. “Mr. Gandhi’s speeches make this distinction clear. BJP and RSS are choosing who Indians are. This is very dangerous for the society,” Mr. Alagiri said.
On the Congress’s position in Tamil Nadu politics, considering an alliance with the DMK, she agreed that it was neither in opposition nor had a share in power, and was a difficult position to be in. “But we have a moral responsibility. To support the secular ideology of the government and the coalition. We are working in the interest of the country.”
However, Mr. Alagiri argued that he was the first to oppose the increase in property tax and criticized the Kallakurichi school violence. “The police department cannot give any excuse. There was an intelligence failure. But the Chief Minister acted on it. Police officers have been transferred. There were changes in administration. Those involved in the violence have been arrested.”
Appreciating Chief Minister MK Stalin for listening to different opinions before coming to his ruling and decisions, Mr Alagiri also denounced his own party cadre for not fulfilling the promise of giving him leadership positions in local bodies. He was also commended for issuing the statement. For coalition partners in some places.
“It is my personal opinion that to prevent this type of scenario, alliances in local body elections should be avoided. Let all the political parties fight the local body elections alone, and the alliance can contest other elections together,” he said.