Rahul Gandhi Likens RSS to Muslim Brotherhood, BJP Up in Arms

BJP’s spokesperson, Sambit Patra has hit back saying: “Is Rahul Gandhi a contract killer of the idea called India?”

At a recent conference, Rahul Gandhi compared the RSS to the Muslim Brotherhood. 

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Rahul Gandhi’s foreign tour continues to be marred in controversy. Speaking at the International Institute of Strategic Studies in London, Gandhi likened the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to the Muslim Brotherhood, a banned terrorist organisation.

The RSS is trying to change the nature of India. There is no other organisation in India that wants to capture India’s institutions...What we are dealing with is a completely new idea. It’s an old idea being reborn. It is similar to the idea that exists in the Arab world of the Muslim Brotherhood. The idea is that one ideology should run through every institution and one idea should crush all other ideas...They are trying to destroy the modern idea of India.

Rahul Gandhi

This has prompted a flurry of angry responses from the BJP, while people on social media have had mixed reactions.

Sambit Patra, BJP spokesperson, in a ruthless comeback said: “Rahul Gandhi must apologise as he has compared RSS with Muslim Brotherhood. Is Rahul Gandhi a contract killer of the idea called India?”

Rahul, you have no maturity, no understanding of India. You have no leadership quality. You have no facet. All that you have is hatred towards PM Modi. You hate PM Modi, BJP and RSS. And out of this hatred, you make irresponsible, immature statements. Have you heard yourself ever?

Sambit Patra

Irfan Habib, renowned historian, has an apt reply to Patra and the BJP: “Whether Gandhi’s decision to be critical of the BJP/RSS was justified and the manner in which he did so, can and will be debated, calling his criticism anti-national is dangerous. The line between the State and ruling party cannot be blurred.”

Twitter Defends Gandhi...

Twitter – per usual –stands divided with people flocking to comment on Gandhi’s statements, their political leanings and biases in tow.

...& Attacks Him As Well