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Little
difference between SIMI and RSS: Rahul Gandhi
Wednesday, October 06, 2010 07:22:47 PM,
IANS
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Bhopal:
Launching a no holds barred attack on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak
Sangh (RSS), Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Wednesday
branded the sangh parivar outfit as “fanatical” and equated it
with the outlawed Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI).
“I know only that both the SIMI and the RSS are fanatical and hold
fundamentalist views,” Gandhi told reporters here.
His remarks come a few days after the Allahabad High Court’s
Ayodhya verdict which has set off speculation that the Sangh
Parivar may revive the Ram temple movement.
Political circles see Gandhi’s statement aimed at defending its
Muslim base, especially in view of the coming Bihar polls.
The Congress leader said that it did not matter much to him
whether the RSS was a banned outfit or not. He was responding to
questions on how he could compare the Sangh Parivar organisation
with a banned outfit.
Gandhi asserted that there can be no room for people with
extremist views in the Youth Congress.
Gandhi said he did not believe in destiny when reporters said it
was his destiny to become Indian prime minister. “It may be your
assumption that I will become the prime minister but it is
certainly not mine.”
Praising Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for “doing a fine job”, he
said: “We have a very capable prime minister. He is much more
capable than me. He is on the job. My responsibilities are the
Youth Congress and the NSUI (National Students Union of India)and
I am doing that.”
On the Ayodhya verdict, the Amethi MP said the court did not
condone the demolition of the Babri Masjid Dec 6, 1992. Neither
did it justify the mayhem that followed the demolition.
Gandhi pointed out that the rival parties in the Ayodhya dispute
had the right to knock the doors of the Supreme Court in appeal.
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