“This election is a battle between two ideologies! On one side is Congress which has always united India and on the other side are those who have always tried to divide the people,” said Rahul on X, formerly Twitter.
“History is witness to who joined hands with forces that wanted the division of the country and strengthened them and who fought for the unity and independence of the country,” he added.
Continuing his attack, Rahul said: “Who stood with the British during the ‘Quit India Movement’? When India’s jails were filled with Congress leaders, who was running the government in the states with the forces that divided the country? History does not change by ‘showering lies’ from political platforms.”
Gandhi’s remarks come amid repeated attacks by PM Modi, saying the Congress manifesto bears a ‘Muslim League imprint’.
The Congress has moved the Election Commission against his remarks while party chief Mallikarjun Kharge has said that “there is a stink of RSS” in PM Modi’s speeches.
The Congress has also countered the BJP, pointing out that Jan Sangha founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee, the president of the Hindu Mahasabha then, was himself part of the coalition government in Bengal with the Muslim League in the early 1940s.
(With inputs from agencies)