‘Disqualification from Lok Sabha given a huge opportunity': Rahul Gandhi in US | Top quotes
2 min read 01 Jun 2023, 11:28 AM ISTRahul Gandhi is on a 10-day visit to the US, addressing Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, the National Press Club, intellectuals at the Harvard Club, Indian-Americans in the creative industry, and a public gathering at the Javits Center.
PremiumRahul Gandhi is on a 10-day visit to the United States, with three key cities on his itinerary — San Francisco, Washington DC, and New York. In San Francisco, he delivered a talk at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, engaging with Silicon Valley entrepreneurs.
Moving on to Washington DC, from June 1-2, Rahul Gandhi will address the National Press Club, emphasizing the future of Indian democracy, freedom of speech, and sustainable economic growth.
. Lastly, in New York, on June 3-4, he will interact with intellectuals at the Harvard Club, meet Indian-Americans in the creative industry, and address a public gathering at the Javits Center.
Top quotes from Rahul Gandhi's speech in the US
1) “I was the first person to be given a criminal sentence for defamation and maximum punishment to be disqualified from the parliament." The Wayanad MP was disqualified from Lok Sabha earlier this year after he was convicted by a Surat court in a 2019 criminal defamation case.
2) “When he joined politics in 2000, I never imagined this is what I would go through. What I see going on now is way outside anything that I had thought when I joined politics."
3) “I think the drama started really, about six months ago. We were struggling. The entire opposition is struggling in India. Huge financial dominance. Institutional capture. We're struggling to fight the democratic fight in our country."
4) “What is happening to Muslims in India today happened to Dalits in the 1980s. If you went to UP in the 1980s, this was happening with Dalits...We have to challenge it, fight it and do it with love and affection and not with hatred and we will do that."
5) “The way you (Muslims) are feeling attacked, I can guarantee Sikhs, Christians, Dalits, and tribals are feeling the same. You can't cut hatred with hatred., but only with love and affection."
6) “When we were in power, we had carried out the caste census. The idea was to take an X-Ray of society. Because without understanding the exact demographic and who is who, it is very difficult to distribute power effectively. We have been asking the BJP to release the numbers of the caste census," said Rahul Gandhi while speaking about the caste census conducted during the Congress-led UPA government.
7) “The world is too big and complicated for any person to know everything. That is the disease…There is a group of people in India who are absolutely convinced they know everything. They think they know even more than God."
8) “Congress' stand on the Women's Reservation Bill is clear. We're committed to getting the bill passed. We have to give women their deserved space in the political system, businesses and running the country."
9) “They can sit with God and explain to him what’s going on. And of course, our prime minister is one such specimen. If you sat Modiji with God, he will explain to God how the universe works and God will get confused about what have I created."
10) “I am very clear, our fight is ours fight. But there is a group of young students from India here. I want to have a relationship with them and want to talk to them. It’s my right to do it."
(With inputs from agencies)
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