New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Launched a blistering attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday (bjp)and Artificial Intelligence ADMK Addressing a poll rally in Tamil Nadu, he claimed that the regional party had been hollowed out by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, while accusing the Center of targeting the state’s identity, language and culture.Addressing a rally in Poneri, Rahul Gandhi said that the AIADMK had little left as an independent political force and claimed that it had been effectively taken over by the BJP.
Rahul Gandhi said: “No power on this planet can touch Tamil Nadu or the Tamil language.”“The AIADMK has been ‘eaten’ from within by Prime Minister Modi and His Majesty Shah,” Rahul Gandhi said, adding that the AIADMK now is no longer what it used to be.“‘The new AIADMK is just a mask; this mask hides the BJP,'” he claimed.He further intensified his attack by claiming that the BJP had dismantled the party’s original identity.“At poll rally in TN, Rahul Gandhi claimed that the BJP ‘destroyed’ the AIADMK; ‘there is nothing now called the AIADMK’.”Rahul Gandhi also used the rally to vigorously defend the Tamil language and culture, saying the state held a special place in his life and political journey.“Tamil is not an ordinary language, it is your thousands of years of experience, your memories,” he said.He said he has developed a close relationship with Tamil Nadu over the years.“I have naturally developed a relationship with TN over the years,” Rahul Gandhi said while addressing the rally.Drawing a comparison with another region he often talks about movingly, he added: “In Jammu and Kashmir, I feel like I am back home; similarly, I feel attached to TN.”Rahul Gandhi said the attack on Tamil Nadu by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and the Bharatiya Janata Party made him feel connected to the struggle in the state.“When I see the RSS, the BJP trying to attack TN, the Tamil language and culture, I feel as if I am a Tamil,” he said.The Congress leader also accused the BJP-led Center of using the legislation to advance a hidden political agenda, citing the recent controversy surrounding delimitation.“We defeated the hidden delimitation bill in Parliament; we defeated it to defend the idea of ​​India,” Rahul Gandhi said at a TN rally.He also targeted the government on the issue of women’s reservation, claiming that a recently introduced bill was politically misleading.Rahul Gandhi said in Tamil Nadu: “The BJP-led Center brought a new bill on April 16 saying they were trying to pass a women’s bill but it would not be passed until 2023.”Rahul Gandhi contrasted the Congress’ alliance with what he said was the coercive style of politics of the BJP, saying the party respected its alliance partners.“The Democratic Republic of Congo treats its partners as equals; it has never tried to use intelligence agencies to suppress them,” he told the rally.He also attacked the BJP’s economic policies, claiming the party was promoting concentration of wealth and corporate dominance.“TN: Rahul Gandhi slams BJP, claims ‘They want everything in India to be controlled by 2 to 3 corporations.'”The comments come as political parties step up campaigning ahead of the Tamil Nadu assembly elections, with the Congress allying with the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam to challenge the Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies in the state.
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