Rahul calls RSS-BJP ‘bunch of jokers’, scoffs at PM’s foreign policy ‘based on hugs’

Congress MP and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Thursday launched a sharp attack on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), alleging that the organisation had been “captured” by large capital and had moved away from its original social base of small Indian businesses. Speaking at the Rachnatmak Congress National Convention, Gandhi said people should not be afraid of expressing their views and urged Congress workers and citizens to confront what he described as a “cowardly force”. “A lot of people in India have been behaving like cowards,” Gandhi said, questioning why people should be afraid while confronting what he called a group of “jokers” and “clowns” who, according to him, had little understanding of India’s philosophy and history.