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Rahul Gandhi said India's democratic system is under a wholesale attack, posing the biggest risk to the country’s diverse traditions and languages, he told a Colombian university.
- On Thursday , Rahul Gandhi, Congress MP and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, said the single-biggest risk to India is the attack on its democracy at EIA University, Envigado, Colombia.
- Arguing for pluralism, Gandhi said democracy gives space for India’s 16-17 major languages and many religions to coexist and thrive.
- Contrasting China, Gandhi said India cannot suppress its people or adopt authoritarianism and must build a production model competing with China within democracy.
- The BJP responded by saying Rahul Gandhi was defaming India on foreign soil, and senior BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad criticised him for not extending Vijayadashami greetings.
- On tour, Gandhi also noted he is optimistic about India’s prospects and highlighted strengths in engineering and healthcare during his four-nation South America tour, where he met Colombian President Lidio Gracia.
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Wholesale attack on India’s democratic system, says Rahul in Colombia; ‘insulting India on foreign soil’: BJP
"The single biggest issue is the attack on democracy that is taking place in India...Allowing different traditions to thrive is very important. We cannot do what China does - suppress voices and run an authoritarian society," Rahul Gandhi said.
Wholesale attack on democratic system in India: Rahul at Colombia university
New Delhi: Claiming that there is a “wholesale attack on the democratic system” in India currently, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has said allowing different traditions to thrive is important for the country, as “we cannot do what China does, which is to suppress people and run an authoritarian system”. Speaking at the EIA University in Medellin, Colombia, Gandhi said India has a much more complex system as compared with China and India’s strengt…
BJP Slams Rahul Gandhi Over Colombia Remarks, Accuses Him of ‘Praising China, Insulting India’ | 🗳️ LatestLY
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday came down heavily on Congress leader and Lok Sabha Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi over his remarks made during his visit to Colombia, accusing him of defaming India on foreign soil and showing “affection for China.” 🗳️ BJP Slams Rahul Gandhi Over Colombia Remarks, Accuses Him of ‘Praising China, Insulting India’.
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