“Now there is one big mother institution called the RSS that is penetrating all other Indian institutions,” said Gandhi.
Further, Gandhi said that even if the BJP is defeated in the election, they will still have their people in the institutional structure.
Gandhi added that he would not say “democracy is eroding, would say it is being strangled.”
‘I Have Long Been Pushing for Elections Within Cong’
Responding to a question on internal democracy in the party, Rahul Gandhi said that he has long wanted elections within the Congress and was “literally crucified for this.”
He also added that nobody asks whether there is internal democracy in the BJP, the BSP (Bahujan Samaj Party) or the Samajwadi Party (SP), but went on to explain that “it doesn’t matter whether others are (internally democratic.)
“You are asking this to a person who has been pushing for elections in the party, in youth organisations for a decade. I was literally crucified for this. I have been attacked by…