Amid a three-city US tour, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said the 2024 Lok Sabha election will “surprise” people. He also stressed how his disqualification came after his speech in Lok Sabha on billionaire Gautam Adani.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said that the Opposition in India is united and a lot of good work is happening on the ground as he claimed that there is a hidden undercurrent building that will “surprise” the people in the next general elections. He made the statement in response to a series of questions during an interaction with the media at the National Press Club in Washington amid a three-city US tour. He also spoke about his disqualification stressing how he received the highest punishment for a defamation case in the first such instance in India’s history, after his speech in Lok Sabha on billionaire Gautam Adani.
“I think the Congress party will do very well in the next two years. I think it will,” said the 52-year-old former Congress president. “I think there is a hidden undercurrent building…I think (the outcome) will surprise people,” he added, as quoted by news agency PTI.
“I am not entirely convinced about this idea that Mr Narendra Modi’s going to win the (20)24 elections. I think it’s not as simple as people make out if you just do the math a United opposition will defeat the BJP on its own,” he opined.
VIDEO | "If you just do the math, a united opposition will defeat the BJP (in 2024 Lok Sabha elections)," said Rahul Gandhi in response to a query on opposition unity in India.
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Speaking on his disqualification from Lok Sabha, the former Wayanad MP said that he is “the first person in India to be given the highest punishment for a defamation case, the first person in history, since 1947.” “Nobody has been given a maximum sentence that too on the first offence. That should explain what’s going on to you and my disqualification happens quite interestingly after my speech about Adani in Parliament, so you can do the math,” he remarked.
I am the first person in Indian history since 1947 to be given the highest punishment for defamation.
My disqualification happened right after my speech on Adani in Parliament. This should explain what is going on in India.
: Shri @RahulGandhi
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