Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has said that the Congress and its allies in the INDIA bloc will defeat the BJP in the Gujarat assembly elections as they had defeated it in Ayodhya in the Lok elections Sabha.
Addressing party workers in Ahmedabad, Rahul Gandhi, leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha, referred to the defeat of the BJP in the Lok Sabha constituency that includes Ayodhya, and asserted that the INDIA alliance had defeated the movement started by former BJP chief LK Advani.
Advani had carried out rath yatra in 1990 to mobilize support for the movement to build a grand Ram temple in Ayodhya. The BJP has said the yatra also sought to raise issues on the prevailing debate on "secularism" and "communalism" and on the rejection of the "cult of minority".
The BJP lost the Faizabad Lok Sabha constituency, which includes Ayodhya, in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections.
"Together we will defeat them in Gujarat. We will defeat Narendra Modi and the BJP in Gujarat just as we defeated them in Ayodhya," Rahul Gandhi said.
Referring to the Pran Pratishtha ceremony at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya in January this year, Raul Gandhi claimed that not a single poor person was seen at the event.
"I was wondering in Parliament how they inaugurated the Ram Temple. Adani and Ambani were visible at the inauguration, but no poor person was seen there," Rahul Gandhi said.
"The farmers of Ayodhya lost their land when the airport was built. The people of Ayodhya were upset because no one from Ayodhya was invited to the inauguration of the Ram Temple... The movement started by Advani Ji, whose center was Ayodhya "The INDIA Alliance has defeated that movement in Ayodhya," he said.
The Congress leader arrived in Ahmedabad on the same day to meet party workers and victims of the Rajkot Gaming Zone tragedy.
Members of the Bajrang Dal staged a protest against Rahul Gandhi's comments related to Hinduism during his speech in the Lok Sabha. The protesters were detained by the Gujarat police.
Assembly elections in Gujarat will be held in 2027.
Addressing party workers in Ahmedabad, Rahul Gandhi, leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha, referred to the defeat of the BJP in the Lok Sabha constituency that includes Ayodhya, and asserted that the INDIA alliance had defeated the movement started by former BJP chief LK Advani.
Advani had carried out rath yatra in 1990 to mobilize support for the movement to build a grand Ram temple in Ayodhya. The BJP has said the yatra also sought to raise issues on the prevailing debate on "secularism" and "communalism" and on the rejection of the "cult of minority".
The BJP lost the Faizabad Lok Sabha constituency, which includes Ayodhya, in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections.
"Together we will defeat them in Gujarat. We will defeat Narendra Modi and the BJP in Gujarat just as we defeated them in Ayodhya," Rahul Gandhi said.
Referring to the Pran Pratishtha ceremony at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya in January this year, Raul Gandhi claimed that not a single poor person was seen at the event.
"I was wondering in Parliament how they inaugurated the Ram Temple. Adani and Ambani were visible at the inauguration, but no poor person was seen there," Rahul Gandhi said.
"The farmers of Ayodhya lost their land when the airport was built. The people of Ayodhya were upset because no one from Ayodhya was invited to the inauguration of the Ram Temple... The movement started by Advani Ji, whose center was Ayodhya "The INDIA Alliance has defeated that movement in Ayodhya," he said.
The Congress leader arrived in Ahmedabad on the same day to meet party workers and victims of the Rajkot Gaming Zone tragedy.
Members of the Bajrang Dal staged a protest against Rahul Gandhi's comments related to Hinduism during his speech in the Lok Sabha. The protesters were detained by the Gujarat police.
Assembly elections in Gujarat will be held in 2027.
