Sulthan Bathery/Wayanad (Ker): Congress chief Rahul Gandhi Wednesday lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the RSS and said issues of Kerala should be decided by the people of the state and not by Modi or the RSS chief.
While addressing three massive rallies in Wayanad, the second constituency from where he is contesting, besides Amethi, Gandhi tore into the BJP-led NDA government and said the saffron party was only interested in imposing its ideology on the people of the country.
“Who is Mohan Bhagwat to teach us about culture and history?. Kerala should be run by the people of Kerala. This is the same sentiment in state after state,” he said, addressing a rally at Vandoor in Wayanad constituency.
Gandhi said he wanted the world to know the name of Wayanad and wished to transform it into a tourism hub.
“The world knows Kerala is God’s own country. I want the whole world to think of Wayanad when they think about God’s own country We can work together to achieve this,” he said.
Taking a jibe at Modi,Gandhi said he was not here to tell his ‘Mann Ki Baat’, but understand the various difficulties, including the night travel ban, man-animal conflicts and lack of medical facilities being faced by the people here.
“I understand there are complex problems here. There are man-animal conflicts.
There is a conflict between development and environment…I want to see a solution. I don’t believe in imposing a solution. I believe in the wisdom and intellectual of our people in resolving such issues,” Gandhi said. (PTI)
