Rahul at Muzaffarpur rapes protest: “It’s BJP-RSS vs rest of India”

In a show of opposition unity against the ruling NDA, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday led a protest demonstration against the rape of 34 minors in a government-funded shelter home in Bihar, alleging that weaker sections were under attack by the Narendra Modi government and now it would be the BJP-RSS ideology versus the rest of India.

"On one side it is the RSS-BJP ideology and on the other the rest of India," Gandhi thundered in his brief address to the gathering of hundreds of people at Jantar Mantar in the heart of the capital that brought leaders of various parties including RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury, CPI leader D Raja and former Janata Dal United leader Sharad Yadav on one platform.

"You see how the opposition stands united here. India stands united while the BJP and RSS stand on the other side. It will be more visible very soon. India is saying that whatever happened in the last four years was not good... There were attacks on the Indian culture. But when Indians make up their mind, no one stands a chance against them," said Rahul.

Gandhi said oppressed and weaker sections of the society were being assaulted openly in the country. "Be it women, labourers, tribals, farmers, Dalits or minorities. Everyone is under attack. But we are standing united here to tell them that we are with you, we are with the women of India."

The joint demonstration to protest against the rape of 34 minor girls in a shelter home in Muzaffarpur district was organised by Leader of the Opposition in Bihar Assembly Tejashwi Yadav.

Inputs by NH Web Desk

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