Chandigarh: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi took a dig at the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and called them "21st century Kauravas".
Speaking at a street corner meeting after the Bharat Jodo Yatra led by him reached Ambala district, Rahul said: "Who were the Kauravas? I will first tell you about the 21st-century Kauravas, they wear khakhi half-pants, they carry lathi in hand and hold shakhas.... India's 2-3 billionaires are standing with the Kauravas."
Criticising the ruling government led by PM Modi, the Congress leader said: "Did the Pandavas do demonetisation, implement the wrong GST? Would they have ever done so? Never. Why? Because they were tapasvis and they knew that demonetisation, wrong GST, farm laws are a way to steal from tapasvis of this land.... (Prime Minister) Narendra Modi did sign on to these decisions, but the power of India's 2-3 billionaires were behind it, whether you agree or not."
"People don't understand this, but the fight which was at that time, it is the same today. Between whom is this fight? Who were Pandavas? Arjuna, Bhim...they used to do tapasya," he added. He also asked if people have heard about the Pandavas spreading hatred on this land and doing any crime against an innocent person.
"On one hand there were these five tapasvis and on the other hand, there was a crowded organisation. With the Pandavas, there were people of all religions. Like this (Bharat Jodo) Yatra, nobody asks anyone from where he comes. It is a shop of love. The Pandavas had also stood against injustice, they too had opened a shop of love in the market of hate," said Rahul in Haryana as it is the land of Mahabharata.