Defending Rahul’s speech, party accuses Centre of indulging in diversionary tactics.
Defending former Congress president Rahul Gandhi who was caught on the wrong foot for his speech in Thiruvananthapuram where he lauded the voters in Kerala for being more interested in issue-based politics in comparison with the north, the Congress on Wednesday said the north-south divide was a ‘toolkit’ being adopted and sold by the BJP to the news channels and to the public.
Party general secretary Randeep Surjewala told reporters that Mr. Gandhi had given a “clarion call to people of India to question the governments of the day” but the government was using diversionary tactics to keep the debate centred around superficial issues. “Let us all rise up and ensure that the governments of the day answer on issues and not on superficiality that they are trying to divert our attention to,” he said.
After Mr. Gandhi’s comments, the BJP went to the town accusing him of dividing the…