In the capital city of New Delhi, Rahul Gandhi, the former president of the Congress party, articulated a stance against what he described as a malevolent force imbued with hatred. His assertion, delivered to the press outside the All India Congress Committee headquarters following a press briefing, emphasized the ongoing confrontation with what he termed as a demonic influence, laden with animosity.
In response to Gandhi’s statement, the BJP retaliated, highlighting the discord sown by his earlier remarks concerning a supposed ‘power’ within the Hindu religion. Nalin Kohli, a spokesperson for the BJP, rebuked Gandhi for the turmoil his words had provoked across the nation, suggesting a contradiction in his discourse.
Gandhi’s initial comment, which alluded to a confrontation with ‘Shakti’, ignited controversy and elicited a forceful response from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Modi, during electoral rallies in Telangana and Karnataka, positioned the forthcoming parliamentary elections as a clash between those who seek destruction and those who revere ‘Shakti’ in its various forms.
While Gandhi sought to clarify his stance, asserting that his reference to ‘Shakti’ was not religious in nature but rather symbolic of unrighteousness, corruption, and falsehood, Modi remained steadfast in his interpretation. Gandhi, through a Hindi post on an undisclosed platform, accused the Prime Minister of distorting his words and suggested that Modi was concealing the very forces Gandhi aimed to expose.