New Delhi: Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday mentioned that he encountered militants whereas strolling on the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Jammu and Kashmir. Rahul was narrating an incident from when his yatra entered Kashmir throughout a lecture at United Kingdom’s Cambridge University. The Wayanad MP mentioned safety forces cautioned him to not take the yatra on foot in Kashmir as there was a worry of terror assaults however he continued to take action. “I spoke to my people and informed them that I wanted to continue the walk,” Gandhi mentioned. Further, Rahul mentioned that an unidentified man got here as much as him and questioned him whether or not the Congress chief had travelled to the UT to hearken to the issues of the folks. “Then, the guy pointed to certain bystanders and claimed they were all terrorists,” he added.
“I believed I used to be in peril as a result of militants would homicide me in such circumstances. But, they did not hurt me on account of the facility of listening,” the 52-year-old former Congress chief mentioned.
The sea of Indian flags in every single place round us in Kashmir is a testomony to peace, love and belief. The roughest districts of Kashmir bestowed on all of us immense love and taught us the necessity to belief.
:Sh. @RahulGandhi at Cambridge
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— Congress (@INCIndia) March 3, 2023
“As the Opposition, it is very difficult to communicate with people when you have this type of an assault on the media, on the democratic architecture,” he mentioned, explaining the motivation behind his Bharat Jodo Yatra.
Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday night gave a lecture on ‘Learning to Listen within the twenty first Century’ at United Kingdom’s Cambridge University.
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Gandhi referred to the controversial Pegasus snooping difficulty and alleged that the Israeli spyware and adware was put in on the telephones of a lot of politicians, together with him.
“Indian democracy is under attack and several politicians, including himself, are under surveillance,” mentioned Gandhi throughout his handle. His assertion drew sharp reactions from the BJP which accused him of maligning the nation’s picture on international soil after going through successive electoral setbacks
The former Congress president listed 5 key features of the alleged assault on Indian democracy –Capture and management of media and judiciary; surveillance and intimidation; coercion by federal legislation enforcement companies; assaults on minorities, Dalits and tribals; and shutting down of dissent.
Gandhi is on a week-long tour of the UK and is scheduled to carry some closed-door periods on Big Data Democracy and India-China relations at Cambridge University.
