Would be arrested in any other country: Rahul Gandhi slams Mohan Bhagwat
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Would be arrested in any other country: Rahul Gandhi slams Mohan Bhagwat

January 15, 2025

Rahul Gandhi was addressing an event to mark the inauguration of the new Congress headquarters in Delhi

New Delhi: In a no-holds-barred attack on RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat for his remark that India got “true independence” after the Ram Temple in Ayodhya was consecrated, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today said the comment amounted to “treason” and that Bhagwat would be arrested and tried if he was in any other country.

Rahul Gandhi was addressing an event to mark the inauguration of the new Congress headquarters in Delhi.

“We are getting a new headquarters at a very particular time. I think it’s quite symbolic that on Monday, the chief of the RSS said that India never achieved Independence in 1947. He said true Independence in India was achieved when the Ram Mandir was built. He says that the Constitution was not the symbol of our freedom.”

“Mohan Bhagwat has the audacity to inform the nation every two or three days what he thinks about the Independence movement, what he thinks about the Constitution. What he has said yesterday is treason because it is stating that the Constitution is invalid, it is stating that everything (done) to fight against the British was invalid and he has the audacity to say this publicly,” Rahul Gandhi said, adding, “in any other country, he would be arrested and tried.”

“To say that India did not get Independence in 1947 is an insult to every single Indian and it’s about time we stop listening to this nonsense that these people think they can just keep parroting out and shouting and screaming,” the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha said.

Bhagwat was in Indore on Monday to present the National Devi Ahilya award to Champat Rai, General Secretary of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust.

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Addressing a gathering there, he said the day of the consecration of Ram Temple in Ayodhya should be celebrated as “Pratishtha Dwadashi” as it marks the “true independence” of Bharat.

“India, which faced enemy attacks for centuries, witnessed its true independence that day. We had independence, but it had not been established. India got political independence on August 15, 1947, we also brought a Constitution but the country did not run in its spirit. How can we accept that dreams have been fulfilled and pain alleviated? Our swa (self) is Ram, Krishna and Shiva. Do they belong only to those who worship them? No. Ram connects people from north to south, Krishna from east to west and Shiva is in every particle of Bharat,” he said.

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