Rahul goes ahead with Saharanpur rally, chides Masood comments


Saharanpur/Ghaziabad, Mar 29 (PTI) : Sharing the dais with arrested Congress candidate Imran Masood's wife, Rahul Gandhi today disapproved of his controversial comments threatening to chop BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Modi "into pieces" saying they militated against the party's ideology.

Addressing a rally in Saharanpur, Gandhi said Masood should not have used those strong words (kathor shabd) as Congress does not have to do the politics of anger like the opposition.

Soon after Masood's arrest, it was said by party leaders that Gandhi will not be addressing the scheduled rally at Saharanpur. However, after his Ghaziabad public meeting, Gandhi went ahead with his rally in Saharanpur where he met Masood's wife Shaima.


Addressing the meeting, Shaima said her husband is being "trapped" on the basis of "false allegations".

Describing herself as their duaghter and daughter in-law, Shaima said she came there with her children to seek their "blessings".

Her sharing the dais with Gandhi is significant as Congress may have to change its candidate from the seat in wake of the police case against Masood.

Earlier speaking in Ghaziabad, Gandhi said Imran's remarks were against the party's ideology.

"He should not have used such words against the opposition leader. I want to tell the whole country that words he used against one of opposition leaders is not our ideology," Rahul said there.

"Congress Party is of Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs and Christians. We do not get angry, we do our work peacefully and with love," Rahul said.

At Saharanpur, the Congress Vice President said the politics of Congress is of taking everybody along as the nation can be built only then.

"You need to understand the people in opposition. They do the politics of anger. We do not have to do the politics of anger but of love and respect. We have to fight and defeat the politics of anger. You will see that we are going to defeat the politics of anger with love."

A video footage of the election rally in Saharanpur, showing Masood attacking the BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate, had gone viral on the web.

The Congress candidate was seen in the video as saying that "If Modi tries to make Uttar Pradesh into Gujarat, then we will chop him into tiny pieces...I am not scared of getting killed or attacking someone. I will fight against Modi. He thinks UP is Gujarat.

Only 4 per cent Muslims are there in Gujarat while there are 42 per cent Muslims in UP."

  

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  • Abhishek Padival Jain, Sullia/Bangalore

    Sun, Mar 30 2014

    Before disapproving Masood's Comments, Rahul Gandhi should have found out when Masood made this Comment.
    In fact, when Masood was a member of Samajwadi Party he had made this speech. The Police or the SP govt did not take any legal action against him at that time as he was SP member. Only after he left SP and joined Cong, suddenly this old video appeared in Media.
    Rahul should disclose this fact in his public meetings and ask Mulayam Singh/Akhelesh as to why no legal action was taken as soon as this speech was made by their own party member Masood and why this belated action only after he joined Cong.

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  • Vincent Rodrigues, Katapadi/Bangalore

    Sun, Mar 30 2014

    Rahul handles the case of Masood in a diplomatic way.Really like his decision to continue the candidate in spite of BJP demand to withdraw him from the contest..All the best.

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  • Purifytheheart, Mangalore

    Sun, Mar 30 2014

    Rahul Gandhi was raised by good parents with good values...

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  • Alwyn, CANADA

    Sun, Mar 30 2014

    good job of our future PM of India. Kick every terrors out, every communals out from your party and keep only good one so that India will prospoer

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  • Abdul Rafiq, Uchila / Dubai

    Sun, Mar 30 2014

    This is the difference between BJP & Congress. BJP always justifies hate speeches from Varun Gandhi, Kalladka Bhat, Togadia etc. Rahul Gandhi is a straight forward and he will say if right is right, wrong is wrong irrespective of party.
    BJP doesn't know what is love and respect. They know only to attack on minorities, girls, etc. Please think twice before voting for BJP. We are all peace lovers and will support to the peace loving party only. Jai Congress.

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  • A.M Shaikh, Dubai, Belapu, Kaup

    Sat, Mar 29 2014

    Bollu where is Bollu,
    This is a true leader, he is born in a political home, politics is in his BLOOD. Read below sentence, and teach your Chaiwala, Kasaai, and Chor. See friends the difference between Rahul and Modi or Congress and BJP.
    "Congress Party is of Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs and Christians. We do not get angry, we do our work peacefully and with love," Rahul said.

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  • Declan, Mumbai

    Sat, Mar 29 2014

    Difference between Secularism and Fekularism !

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  • Pramod Suvarna, Derebail / Mangalore

    Sat, Mar 29 2014

    RG now seems to matured in politics but a little late for 2014 elections

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Sat, Mar 29 2014

    That is the difference between Honesty and Fekugiri...

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  • Abhi, Mangalore

    Sun, Mar 30 2014

    Imran Masood is honest and Rahul Gandhi is Feku??? The latter is definitely true..

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