"To say that your language is inferior to Hindi is insult," Rahul Gandhi in Kerala accuses BJP, RSS of Hindi chauvinism
Apr 15, 2024
Wayanad (Kerala) [India], April 15 : Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said that in the upcoming Lok Sabha election, his party's main fight is against "one nation, one people, one language, one leader" ideology of the RSS and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
"Today, the main fight is against the ideology of the RSS. The BJP people, the Prime Minister, say one nation, one people, one language, one leader," Rahul said while addressing a gathering during his road show in Kerala's Wayanad, from where he is contesting in the Lok Sabha election for the second term.
He also accused the BJP of Hindi chauvinism.
"Language is not something that is imposed from the top. Language is something that comes out from inside the person, inside the heart of the person," Rahul Gandhi said .
"To tell a person from Kerala, that your language is inferior to Hindi is an insult to the people of Kerala," he said.
Rahul also said that the idea that "India should have only one leader is an insult to every single young Indian person".
Party workers and supporters of the Congress leader turned up for his roadshow in Sultan Bathery, Wayanad. Gandhi waved to the crowd from inside an open vehicle amids slogans raised in support of the Congress party.
Rahul who arrived on a two-day tour and he will also hold a United Democratic Front (UDF) rally in Kozhikode this the evening and take part in several programmes in his constituency.
Kerala, whose all 20 constituencies go to the poll on April 26 in the second phase of the Lok Sabha election, is witnessing high-voltage political activities on Monday, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi also holding campaign rallies in the state.
Rahul Gandhi is pitted against CPI's Annie Raja and BJP's state president, K Surendran.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Rahul Gandhi won from Wayanad with a huge margin of over 4.31 lakh votes; the highest margin in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls in Kerala. He secured 64.94 per cent vote share, defeating LDF candidate PP Suneer. The NDA had fielded BDJ (S) leader Tushar Vellapally, who secured just around 78,000 votes, which accounted for a mere 7.25 per cent.
The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) won 19 out of 20 seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. While the Congress won 15 seats, its allies, the Indian Union Muslim League, won two seats, the Revolutionary Socialist Party won one, and the Kerala Congress (M) won one seat.
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) won one seat in Alappuzha.
