On Friday, the opposition leader held a talk session at the non-profit think-tank Bridge India’s ‘Ideas for India’ conference, during which he defined his party’s vision for public action that would result in something “beautiful” for the country. ” Will happen.
He took a dig at the “deep situation” wreaking havoc, declaring that the Congress ideology was ready to counter it.
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“Please realize, what the BJP does is shout and suppress voices. Listen what we do. They are two different things, they are two different designs,” Gandhi said.
Opposition leaders including Sitaram Yechury of CPI(M), RJD attended the conference Tejashwi Yadav and TMC’s Mahua MoitraThe Congress leader warned of “kerosene all over the country and it needs just one spark”.
“A cadre is told that you will say this and nothing else… It is designed to push a particular idea in the throats of the people, whether it is a communist idea or in the RSS system. We design that way. We are prepared to listen and voice the people of India and put it on the table,” he said.
“Democracy in India is a global public good. It is a central anchor for the planet. Because we are the only people who have managed democracy on the scale we have. If it breaks down, it will be a problem for the planet. born,” he said.
“We believe that India is a conversation between its people; that the BJP and RSS believe that India is a geography; that it is a ‘sone ki chidiya’ whose profits should be shared among a few. We believe That everyone should have equal access,” the Congress party quoted Gandhi as saying.
Gandhi, when asked about this, drew parallels between the Russian-Ukraine war in India and the Chinese campaigns.
“Russia says to Ukraine that we refuse to recognize your territorial integrity. We refuse to believe that these two districts belong to Ukraine. And we are going to attack you in these two districts to ensure that to break the alliance with you natoGandhi said.
this is russian president Vladimir Putin doing, he said.
“Putin is saying that I am not ready for you to have an alliance with America. So I will attack you on the question of your territorial integrity.”
The Congress leader said that please recognize the similarity between what is happening in Ukraine and what is happening in Ladakh and Doklam.
Please realize that the same idea is going on. Gandhi said that the Chinese army is sitting in Ladakh and the Chinese army is sitting in Doklam.
“Doklam forces are designed for Arunachal Pradesh and Ladakh forces are designed for Ladakh. And that is the principle. What the Chinese are saying is that we do not accept your territoriality and we accept your relationship with the US.
“So we have to understand that there is a problem at the border and whether we like it or not, we have to be prepared for that problem. Because we don’t want to be caught on guard,” he said.
He said that their problem with the government is that they do not allow discussion.
“Chinese soldiers are sitting inside India today. They have just built a big bridge over Pangong Lake. They are creating infrastructure. They are obviously preparing for something. But the government does not want to talk about it. The government wants to suppress talks. This is bad for India.
“They keep saying that I raise the issue of China. Yes, I raise the issue of China because I am concerned about it. I am worried that Chinese soldiers are sitting inside India and I can see what is happening in Ukraine. I told this to the External Affairs Minister in one of my conversations and he said you know what you have to say. That’s an interesting way to look at it. Please realize that there are parallels to what is happening,” Gandhi said.
The bridge is being built amidst the ongoing standoff between Indian and Chinese armies in eastern Ladakh for more than two years at several friction points.
People familiar with the Chinese construction said on Wednesday that the new bridge was being built over an area of more than 20 km from the Line of Actual Control (LAC).
India on Friday strongly opposed China’s construction of a second bridge over Pangong Lake in eastern Ladakh, saying it is in an area that has been under “illegal occupation” of that country for nearly 60 years.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Arindam gardener He added that India has never accepted such illegal occupation of its territory, nor has it accepted “unfair” Chinese claims or such construction activities.
“We have clarified on several occasions that the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh are an integral part of India and we expect other countries to respect India’s sovereignty and territorial integrity,” he said.
Bagchi said the government has accelerated the development of border infrastructure, especially since 2014, including the construction of roads and bridges, to ensure that the country’s security interests are fully protected.
“The government is committed to the objective of building infrastructure in the border areas not only to meet India’s strategic and security needs but also to facilitate the economic development of these regions,” he said.
During the convention here, Gandhi said in reference to his party: “We have an opportunity now that we have not had the opportunity to completely redesign the Congress through mass action for many years. And therefore a lot of opposition. We do. ”
Gandhi declared that he believed the time for collective action was not in the past few years, but the time has come as there is a government that is “destroying and attacking the institutional structure” of the country.
“So, the roles change and you adapt. I see myself as someone who defends that idea of India… When I see my country’s voice being crushed, it bothers me.” It does. I think about what I should and should do. It is a challenging situation but I think there is a huge opportunity inside this thing and I feel it.
“I think with the struggle that is coming, we will get an India that is really better than what we have now and what we have now. I think something beautiful can come out of it. I basically want our country. I believe in sentiment,” he said.
Earlier, they took to Twitter to describe their “rich” exchanges during the conference.
While in the UK, Gandhi is set to interact with students at the University of Cambridge’s Corpus Christi College at an event titled “India at 75” on Monday.
(with inputs from PTI)