Rahul's combative comments came while addressing workers at the party office in Ahmedabad, days after clashes between Congress and BJP members in the city on July 2. The altercation reportedly broke out after members of the BJP's youth wing gathered outside his office to protest against Rahul's comment on Hindus.
MP Rae Bareli, in a frontal attack on the Prime Minister and the BJP, said that the way they damaged our offices, we will evict them from power in 2027.
“Likh kar le lo, we will defeat PM Modi and the BJP, much like we did in Ayodhya, | Rahul told party workers on Saturday.
The Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha made a similar speech during his speech in the Lower House last week and claimed that the Congress will show the door to the BJP in its stronghold of Gujarat, in the 2017 Assembly elections.
Political experts see it as a tactical attempt by the Congress to increase pressure on the BJP and prolong the “perception of victory” it gained after the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The party hopes to gain greater political mileage by cornering the ruling regime in issues related to youth, women and the armed forces.
The upcoming Assembly elections later this year will show whether such an aggressive and confrontational strategy produces results or backfires for the party.
However, if we put Gujarat's electoral figures into perspective, it seems quite clear that the Congress leader's claims are overly ambitious and exaggerated.
Notably, Gujarat has been the biggest stronghold of the BJP, which has won the last seven consecutive elections by a decisive margin. Narendra Modi was Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014, before becoming Prime Minister.
The Gujarat Assembly has 182 seats. The last Assembly elections in 2022 saw a mega sweep by the BJP with the party winning 156 seats and the Congress being reduced to just 17 seats. The BJP bagged over 52 per cent votes, while the Congress and AAP managed to get 27 per cent and 13 per cent votes respectively.
In recent memory, the 2017 Assembly elections were the only ones in which the Congress gave a tough fight to the BJP by recording its best-ever performance in over two decades. It won 77 seats, while the BJP won 99 seats.
Addressing party workers in Gujarat, Rahul asked them to prepare for a fight similar to the 2017 elections and “teach them a lesson” in 2027.
“In 2017, we fought for only three or four months and you saw the result. We almost achieved it in three months, today we have three years to prepare. A new Congress will emerge from Gujarat,” Rahul said.
However, this is not his first "prophecy" for Gujarat. A viral post on social media shows Rahul's three statements in which he promised to evict the BJP from power in the 2017, 2022 Assembly elections and the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Also in the last parliamentary elections the Congress had to bite the dust. The BJP swept the state with a landslide victory and a huge vote share, while the INDIA alliance's only claim to fame remained its victory in one seat - Banaskantha.
So, Rahul may be boasting and boasting about the party's electoral prospects, buoyed by the recent performance of the INDIA alliance, but in reality, the claims seem out of touch with reality, for now.
MP Rae Bareli, in a frontal attack on the Prime Minister and the BJP, said that the way they damaged our offices, we will evict them from power in 2027.
“Likh kar le lo, we will defeat PM Modi and the BJP, much like we did in Ayodhya, | Rahul told party workers on Saturday.
The Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha made a similar speech during his speech in the Lower House last week and claimed that the Congress will show the door to the BJP in its stronghold of Gujarat, in the 2017 Assembly elections.
Political experts see it as a tactical attempt by the Congress to increase pressure on the BJP and prolong the “perception of victory” it gained after the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The party hopes to gain greater political mileage by cornering the ruling regime in issues related to youth, women and the armed forces.
The upcoming Assembly elections later this year will show whether such an aggressive and confrontational strategy produces results or backfires for the party.
However, if we put Gujarat's electoral figures into perspective, it seems quite clear that the Congress leader's claims are overly ambitious and exaggerated.
Notably, Gujarat has been the biggest stronghold of the BJP, which has won the last seven consecutive elections by a decisive margin. Narendra Modi was Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014, before becoming Prime Minister.
The Gujarat Assembly has 182 seats. The last Assembly elections in 2022 saw a mega sweep by the BJP with the party winning 156 seats and the Congress being reduced to just 17 seats. The BJP bagged over 52 per cent votes, while the Congress and AAP managed to get 27 per cent and 13 per cent votes respectively.
In recent memory, the 2017 Assembly elections were the only ones in which the Congress gave a tough fight to the BJP by recording its best-ever performance in over two decades. It won 77 seats, while the BJP won 99 seats.
Addressing party workers in Gujarat, Rahul asked them to prepare for a fight similar to the 2017 elections and “teach them a lesson” in 2027.
“In 2017, we fought for only three or four months and you saw the result. We almost achieved it in three months, today we have three years to prepare. A new Congress will emerge from Gujarat,” Rahul said.
However, this is not his first "prophecy" for Gujarat. A viral post on social media shows Rahul's three statements in which he promised to evict the BJP from power in the 2017, 2022 Assembly elections and the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Also in the last parliamentary elections the Congress had to bite the dust. The BJP swept the state with a landslide victory and a huge vote share, while the INDIA alliance's only claim to fame remained its victory in one seat - Banaskantha.
So, Rahul may be boasting and boasting about the party's electoral prospects, buoyed by the recent performance of the INDIA alliance, but in reality, the claims seem out of touch with reality, for now.
