Congress will defeat BJP in Gujarat as it did in Ayodhya, says Rahul Gandhi

Neeraj Mohan

New Delhi, July 6

In a day-long visit to Gujarat, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi met with the party workers in Ahmedabad and asserted that the party will defeat the BJP in Gujarat in the next election the same way it did in Ayodhya in the recent Lok Sabha polls.

Rahul’s visit follows a recent clash between Congress and BJP workers outside the Gujarat Congress headquarters, allegedly sparked by his purported “anti-Hindu” remarks in his Parliament speech. The police have arrested five Congress workers following the altercation.

Addressing the party workers’ convention in Ahmedabad, Rahul Gandhi said, “They (BJP) have challenged us. We will defeat Modi, BJP in Gujarat just like we did in Ayodhya.”

During his visit, Gandhi also planned to meet with the families of victims of recent tragedies in Gujarat, including the Rajkot game zone fire, the boat capsize incident in Vadodara, and the Morbi bridge collapse.

In his speech, the former Congress chief also targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the BJP’s defeat from the Faizabad Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh, where Ayodhya is located.

“Farmers of Ayodhya lost their lands when the airport was built. The people of Ayodhya felt angry when they found that not a single local person was invited to the inauguration of the Ram Temple. The movement that was initiated by Advani ji, centred around Ayodhya, has been defeated by the INDIA alliance,” he said.