Congress will also have to change its politics…': Rahul Gandhi says party has ‘made mistakes’

The remark came astatine an lawsuit successful Lucknow wherever helium accused Narendra Modi of being a monarch and not a premier minister, calling him a beforehand for "two-three financiers."

Answering a question from a subordinate of the assemblage astatine the lawsuit connected the Constitution, the erstwhile Congress president said helium was “100 per cent" prepared to instrumentality connected Narendra Modi successful a debate, but helium knew that the premier curate volition not agree.

"The Congress enactment volition besides person to alteration its authorities successful the coming times. This volition person to beryllium done. I besides privation to accidental that the Congress enactment has besides made mistakes and I americium saying this portion being from the Congress party," helium said successful his speech.

However, helium did not elaborate connected what “change" helium felt the Congress needed.

The “Samvidhan Sammelan" was organised by the Samruddha Bharat Foundation.

Gandhi claimed that the ruling BJP volition beryllium restricted to little than 180 seats successful the Lok Sabha elections.

"I tin springiness you successful writing, if you want, that Narendra Modi is not going to beryllium the PM again," helium said, repeating the prediction helium made astatine associated rallies successful Uttar Pradesh earlier successful the time with Samajwadi Party main Akhilesh Yadav.

"Some radical successful authorities lone deliberation of however to get power. I was calved into it and person nary involvement successful it. But for maine it's conscionable a instrumentality to assistance public," helium said.

He said 90 per cent of the colonisation successful India comprises of radical from the SC/ST, OBC, Dalits, tribals, minorities and the mediocre from the wide assemblage who are not fixed adjacent participation.

He past repeated his telephone for a caste-based census.

"If the federation is to beryllium strengthened, it cannot beryllium done without including the 90 per cent. If you accidental that the 90 per cent volition not travel into bureaucracy, sports, media, judiciary and adjacent quality pageants, past what superpower volition you make? Do you privation to marque 10 per cent of the colonisation a superpower," helium said.

He accused the premier curate of attacking the Constitution. "Modi ji is simply a king, I americium telling the truth," Gandhi said.

“He is not the premier minister, helium is simply a king. He has thing to bash with the Cabinet, Parliament oregon the Constitution. He is the king of the 21st period and is the beforehand for 2 oregon 3 financiers who person the existent power."

At the extremity of his address, Gandhi took 3 questions including 1 connected a caller proposition that helium and the PM should instrumentality portion successful a debate.

“I americium 100 per cent acceptable to statement with anyone, with the premier minister. But I cognize the premier curate volition not statement with me," helium said.

He added that enactment president Mallikarjun Kharge could besides instrumentality portion successful a debate.

When asked astir the Old Pension Scheme not being included successful the enactment manifesto, Gandhi said the substance is “open to consideration".

Asked if the institutions privatised by the Modi authorities volition beryllium nationalised again, Gandhi said, “It volition beryllium hard but we volition not let the blatant privatisation of large institutions." PTI CDN ASH CDN ASH ASH VN VN

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Published: 10 May 2024, 11:10 PM IST