RSS believes some religions, languages inferior: Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has accused the RSS of considering some religions languages and communities of being inferior to others and said that the fight in India is about this and not about politicsThe Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha was addressing a gathering of several hundred Indian Americans in Herndon a Virginia suburb of Washington DC on MondayldquoFirst of all you have to understand what the fight is about The fight is not about politics That is superficialrdquo Gandhi said as he asked one of the Sikh attendees in the front rows to give his name ldquoWhat is your name brother with the turbanrdquo he askedldquoThe fight is about whether a Sikh is going to be allowed to wear his turban in India or a kada in India Or he as a Sikh is going to be able to go to Gurdwara Thats what the fight is about And not just for him for all religionsrdquo said the Congress leaderGandhi is currently on a fourday visit to the United States His first stop was in Dallas which began on Saturday and he arrived in Washington DC on MondayCriticising the RSS for their policies and vision of India he said What the RSS is basically saying is that certain states are inferior to other states Certain languages are inferior to other languages Certain religions are inferior to other religions Certain communities are inferior to other communities This is what the fight is about that is the ideology of the RSS Tamil Marathi Bengali Manipuri These are all inferior languages Thats what the fight is about he said asserting that these issues end up in the polling booth the Lok Sabha and the Vidhan SabhaBut the fight is about what type of India we are going to haverdquo he saidHe asserted that regardless of the region one belongs from all of you have your history all of you have your tradition all of you have your language and every single one of them is as important as any other onerdquo Gandhi also said that the BJP has no understanding of IndialdquoIndia is called a union of states And in the Constitution its written clearly India that is Bharat is a union of states It means its a union of languages traditions histories etc he saidThey say this is not a union These are separate things Among these only one is very important And whose headquarters is in Nagpurrdquo he said in a veiled reference to the RSSAddressing the diaspora Gandhi called them ambassadors of India Youre the bridge between these two great unions of states You make us very proud he saidWe understand the difficulties and struggles that you have had to deal with Its not easy But when you came here you came with humility you came with respect and you came with affectionrdquo he saidHe said that in a BJP system a person cannot have two identities You cannot be India and at the same time be America That is what the fight is about That is what we are trying to do in India he saidWe are saying dont spread hatred spread love Dont be arrogant be humble Dont disrespect people respect people respect traditions respect religions respect languages respect communitiesrdquo Gandhi saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever