Ahmedabad: Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said here on Saturday that his party will defeat the BJP in Gujarat in the next elections just like it did in Ayodhya in the recent Lok Sabha elections.
The leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha made the remarks while addressing a conference of party workers in Ahmedabad.
He said, "They (BJP) have challenged us by threatening us and damaging our office. Let me tell you that together we are going to break their government just like they damaged our office. Take it in writing that Congress will contest elections in Gujarat. And will defeat Narendra Modi." Gandhi said, "BJP will work in Gujarat just like we did in Ayodhya."
He said, Congress will win Gujarat and make a new beginning from the state.
He was referring to the clash that broke out between members of both the Congress and the BJP outside Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan, the state headquarters of the Congress, in Ahmedabad's Paldi area on July 2, when members of the BJP's youth wing gathered there to protest against Gandhi's comments on Hindus. Had come.
According to the police, both sides resorted to stone pelting, in which five policemen including an Assistant Police Commissioner were injured.
In his speech, the former Congress chief also targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the BJP's defeat from the Faizabad Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh, where Ayodhya is located.
"The people of Ayodhya were angry when they learned that not a single local person was invited for the inauguration of the Ram temple," he said.
He also claimed that PM Modi wanted to contest elections from Ayodhya, but his pollsters advised him not to do so, saying that he would lose and his political career would be over.
The leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha made the remarks while addressing a conference of party workers in Ahmedabad.
He said, "They (BJP) have challenged us by threatening us and damaging our office. Let me tell you that together we are going to break their government just like they damaged our office. Take it in writing that Congress will contest elections in Gujarat. And will defeat Narendra Modi." Gandhi said, "BJP will work in Gujarat just like we did in Ayodhya."
He said, Congress will win Gujarat and make a new beginning from the state.
He was referring to the clash that broke out between members of both the Congress and the BJP outside Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan, the state headquarters of the Congress, in Ahmedabad's Paldi area on July 2, when members of the BJP's youth wing gathered there to protest against Gandhi's comments on Hindus. Had come.
According to the police, both sides resorted to stone pelting, in which five policemen including an Assistant Police Commissioner were injured.
In his speech, the former Congress chief also targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the BJP's defeat from the Faizabad Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh, where Ayodhya is located.
"The people of Ayodhya were angry when they learned that not a single local person was invited for the inauguration of the Ram temple," he said.
He also claimed that PM Modi wanted to contest elections from Ayodhya, but his pollsters advised him not to do so, saying that he would lose and his political career would be over.