New Delhi: Claiming that Mahatma Gandhi's killer Nathuram Godse and Prime Minister Narendra Modi believe in the same ideology, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said when the Hindutva activist shot dead Mahatma Gandhi, he didn't open his eyes because 'he knew what he was doing'. The Congress leader said the only difference is, Modi does not have the guts to say he believes in Godse.
"I don't know if you know this, but when Nathuram Godse shot Mahatma he did not open his eyes. He knew what he had done. He and Narendra Modi believe in the same ideology, there is no difference except Narendra Modi does not have guts to say he believes in Godse," Gandhi said addressing people in Wayanad district's Kalpetta.
His statement came as the nation paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 72nd death anniversary, with President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi leading the country in paying homage to the Father of the Nation in Delhi.
Blaming the Narendra Modi government for poor state of economy, Rahul Gandhi said, “An economy which was growing at 9 and a half percent is now growing at 2 and a half percent. But when we ask Modi what he has done about unemployment and the economy, he suddenly distracts the country.”
Indians, Rahul Gandhi said, are being made to prove they are Indians. “Who is Narendra Modi to decide if I am Indian? Who has given him the license to decide whether I am an Indian or not? I know I am an Indian and I don't have to prove it to anyone. There are 1.3 billion Indians who don't have to prove that they are Indians,” he said.
“No matter how much Modi talks about Pakistan, it is not going to get jobs for our youngsters. The NRC, CAA won't get us jobs. Situation in Kashmir is not going to get us jobs. Burning Assam won't gets jobs for you. We have to get together to get jobs for our youngsters,” he added.
The Congress leader led a mass protest march against the amended Citizenship Act in his constituency. Holding party flags, hundreds of workers are taking part in the two kilometre-long "Save the Constitution" march, which began from the SKMJ High School in Wayanad, Gandhi's Lok Sabha constituency. He said that he does not need anyone's certificate to prove that he is an Indian.
Leader of the Opposition in the Kerala Assembly Ramesh Chennithala, KPCC president Mullappally Ramachandran and AICC secretary K C Venugopal were among the senior leaders who participated in the rally. The former Congress president, who reached here on Wednesday night, would also address the party workers after the rally.
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