‘We will defeat Narendra Modi and BJP in Gujarat’: Shri Rahul Gandhi at public gathering in Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad: Congress MP Shri Rahul Gandhi while addressing Party workers in Ahmedabad on July 6, 2024, said that together they will defeat “Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP in Gujarat like they did in Ayodhya.”

He also said that the people of Ayodhya lost their land when the airport was built, they were unhappy when no one invited them for the ‘Pran Pratistha ceremony’.

“The farmers of Ayodhya lost their land when the Airport was built. The people of Ayodhya were upset that no one from Ayodhya was invited to the inauguration of the Ram Temple... The movement which was started by Advani Ji, whose centre was Ayodhya, INDIA Alliance has defeated that movement in Ayodhya...” Shri Rahul Gandhi said.

He also claimed that PM Modi wanted to contest from Ayodhya, but his surveyors advised him against doing so saying he will be defeated and his political career will end.

Flagging the reasons behind BJP’s loss in Faizabad constituency (which includes Ayodhya) in the general election, Shri Rahul Gandhi said: “To clean up the area in Ayodhya to construct the Ram Temple, a lot of land was taken from the people and till date, the Narendra Modi government has not compensated them. Secondly, an international airport was built in Ayodhya on the land of farmers and even they were not compensated properly. Thirdly, not a single person of Ayodhya was present in the Ram Temple inauguration which enraged the people. These were the reasons why NDA lost in Ayodhya and INDIA alliance won. BJP has failed the movement started by LK Advani ji around Ayodhya.”

Recalling the inauguration event of Ayodhya’s Ram temple, he said that Adani and Ambani were visible at the event but no poor person was seen there.

Shri Rahul Gandhi claimed that the BJP have vandalised their office and attacked the Party workers in Gujarat.

Speaking about the attack on the Congress state headquarters, Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan and the attack on the Party workers in Gujarat, in the early hours of July 2, Shri Rahul Gandhi said, “The way they broke our office, we are going to break their government... But there are shortcomings in Gujarat Congress... There are two types of horses, one for racing and one for weddings... ‘Congress race ke ghode ko shadi mein, aur shadi ke ghode ko race mein laga deti hai’... In the last elections, we did not contest against the BJP properly... In 2017, we worked hard for 3 months and the results were good... Now, we have 3 years, we will leave the finishing line behind... You are going to form the government in Gujarat after 30 years... Party leadership including me and my sister, all are going to stand with you...” Shri Rahul Gandhi said.

He said that the big difference between the BJP and the Congress is that while nobody is scared in the Congress, everybody is scared of Modi in the BJP. During his Gujarat’s visit, Shri Rahul Gandhi met with families who have been affected by recent tragedies in the state. He offered his condolences to the families of victims of the Rajkot game zone fire, the Vadodara boat capsize, and the Morbi bridge collapse.

In addition to meeting with the affected families, Shri Rahul Gandhi also visited the families of five Congress workers who were arrested following a violent clash with BJP workers outside the Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee office, also known as Rajiv Gandhi Bhavan.