Rahul Gandhi took the names of Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan while attacking PM Modi.
Rahul Gandhi claimed no OBC or ST/SC faces were invited to the grand event.
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday took the name of Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan and his daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai Bachchan while attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Ram Mandir consecration ceremony last month.
Addressing a gathering as his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra reached Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh, Rahul Gandhi claimed that the people running the country were kept away from the temple event, but Amitabh Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan were present.
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Rahul Gandhi claimed that no OBC or ST/SC face was invited to this grand event.
“Did you see ‘Ram Mandir Pran Pratishtha’? Did you see any OBC or ST/SC face? It was attended by Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Bachchan and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, but we did not see the people who actually run it The country. These people want to ensure that you people can never control the country,” he said, according to PTI.
The Ram temple consecration ceremony was presided over by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat. It was attended by thousands of celebrities, politicians and other dignitaries. However, the opposition did not participate in the program claiming that the BJP was trying to score political points.
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Rahul Gandhi’s yatra reached the historic city at 4 pm today. UP Congress President Ajay Rai and other senior leaders were also present along with Gandhi.
Gandhi will visit his former constituency Amethi on Monday. Gandhi had lost her parliamentary constituency to BJP’s Smriti Irani.
The party said that Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will also go to Amethi with Rahul.
Congress media coordinator Anil Singh said, “All preparations for Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Naya Yatra’ have been completed. Rahul Gandhi will first be welcomed in Kakwa. His Nyaya Yatra will be from Rampur Khas assembly constituency of Pratapgarh district to Amethi. Will enter the border.” ‘Amethi District Unit.
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Responding to his visit, UP Minister Dayashankar Singh said that Congress has accepted defeat in UP.
“Rahul Gandhi has nothing left in Uttar Pradesh now. Sonia Gandhi had the Rae Bareli seat, but she left it to go to the Rajya Sabha. So, it seems she has accepted defeat even before the (2024 Lok Sabha) elections. Have done.” He said.
