Rahul Gandhi said that he wanted to know the US establishment’s views on what is “going on” in India, while a discussion with US diplomat Nicholas Burns virtually.
Burns former US undersecretary of state for political affairs, and Harvard Kennedy School Professor — proposed that democratic countries such as India and the US should come together to take on China and other non-democratic forces.
Reacting, the Congress leader said: “I do not hear anything from the US establishment about what’s happening in India. If you are saying partnership of democracies, I mean what is your view on what is going on here.”(ANI)
Gandhi said talking about the domestic politics the Congress needed to redefine itself but added, “We are no longer in same paradigm. Institutions don’t protect us or support a fair political fight. There is complete control of system by the BJP.”
“Opportunity for us is huge. We have to redefine ourselves too,” Gandhi said, asserting that people were fast losing hope with the current regime.
Stating that there is absolute financial and media dominance by the BJP, Rahul Gandhi said that besides Congress, other parties such as BSP, SP and the NCP are also not winning elections.
He added the way in which BJP is behaving, a lot of people are getting discontented very fast and there is a need to bring them together.