‘We will defeat Modi and BJP in Gujarat’, Rahul Gandhi vows in Ahmedabad

Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi visited Ahmedabad today to address Congress workers and meet the families of the victims of Rajkot Game Zone tragedy. 

A couple of days after Congress and BJP workers pelted stones at each other in Ahmedabad, Rahul visited the Congress Bhavan in the city and addressed party workers. He alleged that the incident where Congress workers were injured in an attack on the Congress office and the subsequent events outside the office, the police had acted in a biased manner. 

Addressing the gathering, Gandhi vowed to defeat the BJP in Gujarat, stating, “We will defeat Narendra Modi and the BJP in Gujarat as we did in Ayodhya. Congress workers are like Babbar sher (lions), and they will definitely defeat the BJP in Gujarat this time.”

Regarding the attack on the Congress office in Gujarat, Gandhi said, “Just as they have destroyed our offices, we will now dismantle their government.”

He also remarked that the fight for the country’s independence began in Gujarat.

The Raebareli MP also met the kin of the victims of the Rajkot TRP Game Zone fire, Vadodara Harni Lake tragedy, Takshashila fire tragedy, and Morbi bridge tragedy. 

Congress office vandalised in Ahmedabad

Notably, after Gandhi’s 'Hindus' remark, the Ahmedabad office of Gujarat Pradesh Congress at Paldi was vandalised on the night of July 1 by the Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP).

Later in the day on July 2, a violent tussle between party workers of the Congress and the BJP broke out near the office in Paldi.