Rahul Gandhi London visit: Rahul Gandhi may address the UK Parliament on Monday, a day after he interacted with the Indian diaspora and attended an event by the Indian Journalists' Association in London, sources said.
Several media reports have said that Rahul Gandhi is likely to address the British Parliament in the Grand Committee Room of the Palace of Westminister on March 6.
The Congress scion is on a 10-day visit to the UK.
During Sunday's address to the Indian diaspora in London, Rahul Gandhi said, "The more they attack me, the better that is for me, because the more I understand... It's a fight between courage and cowardice. It's a fight between respect and disrespect, between love and hatred. As I said during the Yatra: nafrat ke bazaar mein, hum mohabbat ki dukaan kholne aaye hain (in a market of hatred, we want to set up a shop that spreads love)."
"The reason is that our government simply does not allow any idea of the Opposition, any concept of the Opposition to be discussed. The same happens in Parliament House when there are important things we need to speak about, like demonisation, GST, the fact that the Chinese are sitting inside our territory… we are not allowed to raise them in the House," he said, amid chants of “shame, shame” from the estimated 2,000-strong crowd.
"It’s shameful but it’s true and this is not the India that all of us are used to. Our country is an open country, a country where we pride ourselves on our intelligence, respect each other’s opinions, listen to each other and that atmosphere has been destroyed,” he said.
(With inputs from PTI)
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