Only Congress party can defeat BJP in the battle of ideologies, says Rahul Gandhi

The Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Friday (May 8, 2026) said only the Congress could defeat the BJP, calling the contest a clash between the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s (RSS) “ideology of hatred and partition” and the Congress’s “ideology of love and unity.”

“This is a battle of ideologies. Other parties cannot take them on. Ultimately, only the Congress will stand against them and defeat them. The Congress will defeat Amit Shah and [Narendra] Modi,” Mr. Gandhi told a cheering crowd on Khandsa Road during former MP Brijendra Singh’s “Sadbhav Yatra.”