BJP threatening people, misusing government agencies: Rahul Gandhi at San Francisco event

May 31, 2023

Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday took a dig at the Modi government and said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is threatening people and misusing government agencies. The Congress leader was addressing Indians at an event in San Francisco.

Rahul was referring to the questioning of opposition leaders and raids at their premises by central investigative agencies across the nation.

He also alleged that the government used all its might to stop the Bharat Jodo Yatra.

"The Bharat Jodo Yatra started because all the instruments that we needed to connect with the people were controlled by the BJP-RSS," he said.

Rahul Gandhi arrived in the US on Tuesday and interacted with activists, academics and civil society at University of California, Santa Cruz before addressing Indians.

The former Wayanad Lok Sabha MP will attend several programmes in Washington DC that includes his speech at the National Press Club on the future of Indian democracy, freedom of speech, and sustainable and inclusive economic growth.

He will then visit New York, where he will meet with thinkers at the Harvard Club of Harvard University. Rahul will also participate in a lunch event and meet a set of successful Indian-Americans in the creative industry.

Rahul Gandhi has travelled to the US on an ordinary passport, after he had to surrender his diplomatic passport following his disqualification as a Lok Sabha MP.