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“Fascist Vision”, Says Rahul Gandhi attacking BJP, RSS over Pune violence

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Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday attacked the BJP and its ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) over the violence in Pune over a Dalit rally, alleging that their “fascist vision” for India encouraged the oppression of the community.


He referred to the incidents of violence against Dalits at Una in Madhya Pradesh and in the Hyderabad Central University, besides yesterday’s violence at the Bhima-Koregaon village in Pune district of Maharashtra as “potent symbols” of the resistance to the RSS and the BJP.

BJP spokesperson GVL Narasimha Rao countered the offensive, saying that the comment was an example of the Congress’ “incitement model”.


Opposition leaders Mayawati of the Bahujan Samaj Party and Sitaram Yechury of the Left also lashed out at the BJP over the incident.

“Maharashtra has a BJP government and they are responsible for the violence. It seems the RSS, BJP and other casteist powers are behind it,” Mayawati, a powerful leader of the Dalit community, said.

In a tweet, Sitaram Yechury said, “The ideology of the RSS-BJP has always believed in suppressing those historically oppressed. This latest episode in Maharashtra, along with several others in the recent past just reinforces this.”

Incidents of stone-throwing and vandalism were reported from Bhima-Koregaon in Shiroor tehsil, when people were headed towards the war memorial in the village, the police had said. The violence sparked off protests in various parts of Maharashtra today, including in Mumbai, where the demonstrators staged a blocked rail lines at Chembur.

 

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