Ahmedabad: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday accused some party leaders of working for the BJP, and threatened to sack 30-40 of them.
The Leader of Opposition (LoP), who is on a visit to Gujarat, said there it was necessary to filter out leaders and workers from Congress’ Gujarat unit who were secretly working for the BJP.
“There are two types of people in the Gujarat Congress leadership and among workers. Those who are honest with people, fight for them, respect them and have the ideology of the Congress in their heart. And the others who are cut off from the people sit far away, do not respect them, and half of whom are with the BJP,” the Congress leader said while addressing party workers.
“If we have to connect with the people of Gujarat, we need to do two things. The first task is to separate these two groups. Even if we have to remove 10, 15, 20, 30, 40 people, we are ready to do that to set an example,” Rahul said.
The BJP quipped that Rahul has ‘trolled’ his own party in Gujarat, which makes him the ‘biggest asset’ of the BJP.
“He has trolled himself and his party. He tried to show the mirror to himself. Such an honest reaction… Rahul Gandhi admits he is unable to win in Gujarat, unable to show the way… Rahul Gandhi says some Congress workers are like racehorses who have been made to dance at weddings, and some are like wedding horses made to race at competitions. Are your party workers animals?” BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla said.
Rahul and his party are doing the groundwork for the 2027 Gujarat Assembly elections, having been been out of power in the western state for three decades.
“Until we fulfil our responsibilities, the people of Gujarat will not elect us. We must first earn their trust,” he said.
