14-Jul-2025 01:34 PM
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New Delhi, July 14 (Reporter) The Congress today strongly condemned the alleged eviction of Mahatma Gandhi’s great-grandson, Tushar Gandhi from a community hall in Champaran, calling it a direct insult carried out at the “behest of the RSS and the ruling NDA government”.
In a post on X, Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera, criticised the BJP-JDU alliance, alleging, “At the behest of the RSS, the NDA government has now stooped to insulting Mahatma Gandhi’s great-grandson, Tushar Gandhi. The land of Champaran, which gained global recognition due to Gandhi’s struggle against the exploitation and oppression by indigo planters, has now witnessed the eviction of Tushar Gandhi from a community hall”.
He accused the BJP-JDU leadership of hypocrisy, saying, “These leaders bow their heads before Mahatma Gandhi’s statue but cannot tolerate those who follow his ideology.”
Khera said that Tushar Gandhi is currently leading a “Parivartan Yatra” aimed at challenging alleged “electoral manipulation” and what he described as the “theft of the public mandate”. He claimed the government, rattled by growing dissent, is resorting to undemocratic actions to stifle opposition voices.
“Just as Mahatma Gandhi’s nonviolent movement brought an end to 135 years of exploitative farming, the end of this 20-year-old oppressive regime is near,” Khera asserted.
Despite the alleged humiliation, Congress reaffirmed its commitment to nonviolent resistance and electoral integrity. “We will not allow voter suppression to take root in our democracy,” Khera added...////...