Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday attended a public rally in Telangana where he claimed that the political parties Bharat Rashtra Samithi, Bharatiya Janata Party and All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen work as the same team in the state.
Rahul Gandhi expressed his goal to eliminate hatred in the country, emphasizing the need to defeat Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Centre to achieve this objective.
Addressing an election rally at Nampally here, he alleged that RSS, Modi and "hardliners" have spread hatred in the entire country.
Congress coined a slogan of "opening a 'mohabbat ki dukaan' (shop of love) in the 'nafrat ke bazaar' (market of hate)" during his Bharat Jodo Yatra, he said, adding that as he fights Modi, 24 cases have been filed against him in various states -- and the courts summon him from time to time.
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"First time, for defamation, I got two years' punishment. My Lok Sabha membership was cancelled. My government house was taken away. I said I don't want it. My home is in the hearts of the crores of poor people in the country," he said.
An MP-MLA court in Uttar Pradesh on Monday summoned Gandhi in a 2018 defamation case over alleged "objectionable" comments he made against Union minister Amit Shah.
Gandhi also claimed that the Opposition parties in Telangana are part of the same team and urged the public to vote for Congress.
Rahul Gandhi made no reference to the UP court summoning him in his speech at the rally.
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"The fight is ideological and I cannot compromise on it," Gandhi said.
Attacking AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi, he asked how many cases are there against him.
