Rahul Gandhi Gujarat visit: Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi held a meeting with Congress workers in Ahmedabad today (July 6).
"The movement of BJP was based on Ram Mandir. It was started by LK Advani and he held a rath yatra in which Modi ji (PM Modi) helped him. I was thinking, they (BJP) inaugurated Ram Mandir and in the event, we saw Adani ji, Ambani ji but no poor people were there," said Rahul Gandhi while addressing a public gathering in Ahmedabad.
Rahul Gandhi said, "Together we are going to defeat them in Gujarat. We will defeat Narendra Modi and BJP in Gujarat just like we defeated them in Ayodhya." Gandhi said, "The farmers of Ayodhya lost their land when the Airport was built. The people of Ayodhya were upset that no one from Ayodhya was invited to the inauguration of the Ram Temple. The movement which was started by Advani Ji, whose centre was Ayodhya, I.N.D.I.A bloc has defeated that movement in Ayodhya."
"PM Modi wanted to contest Lok Sabha poll from Ayodhya, but his surveyors said he will be defeated and his political career will end", Gandhi said in Ahmedabad. "PM said he has a direct connection with God, then why did BJP lose in Ayodhya in the Lok Sabha elections 2024", said Rahul Gandhi.
Rahul Gandhi Gujarat visit
Earlier, Congress President Shaktisinh Gohil said, "Our leader and LoP Rahul Gandhi is coming to the state Congress office in Ahmedabad on July 6. He will guide and interact with the workers of the Congress family."
"I have received calls from many people from across Gujarat who have been wronged under the BJP rule; they said that Rahul Gandhi fights for justice. They said that they had faith in the BJP, but they have not received justice and they want to put forth their point in front of Rahul Gandhi, so we have also requested him (Rahul Gandhi) to talk to them as well. Rahul Gandhi will hold a meeting with Congress workers at 12 o'clock on Saturday," Gujarat Congress president Shaktisinh Gohil told media.
Congress leader meeting with family members of the deceased
Gandhi will also meet the family members of those who lost their lives in various tragedies in Gujarat in the recent past, including the Rajkot game zone fire, the boat capsize incident in Vadodara and Morbi bridge collapse.
The Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha is visiting Gujarat days after Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress workers clashed outside the Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) office over alleged anti-Hindu remarks made by Gandhi in the Lok Sabha. Following the clash, complaints were lodged against each other by both the sides and FIRs were registered, leading to the arrest of five Congress workers.
Talking to media, Gujarat Congress president Shaktisinh Gohil said Gandhi will also meet the family members of those five Congress workers who are currently in police custody.
"Rahul Gandhi will arrive at the GPCC office here around 12.30 pm. During his visit, he will meet and address party workers. He will also meet the kin of the victims who lost their lives in the Rajkot game zone fire and other such tragedies. He will also interact with the family members of those party workers who were arrested by the police after the clash," he said.
The clash broke out between members of both Congress and BJP outside the Rajiv Gandhi Bhavan, Congress's state headquarters in Paldi area of the city on July 2 after BJP's youth wing members came there to protest against Gandhi's remarks on Hindus.
According to police, both sides engaged in stone pelting, which injured five policemen, including an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP). On July 3, a day after the clash, Ellisbridge police registered two FIRs and arrested five Congress workers, who are currently under remand.
While one FIR was registered by the police themselves against nearly 450 workers belonging to both Congress and BJP, another was registered against Congress workers on a complaint given by the youth wing of the BJP's Ahmedabad unit.
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