New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday drew a comparison between 'Hindu' and 'Hindutvavadi' as he addressed the Congress party's "Mehangai Hatao Maharally" in Jaipur.


"In Indian politics today, there is a competition between two worlds -- 'Hindu' and 'Hindutvavadi'. The two words have different meanings. I am Hindu but not Hindutvavadi... Mahatma Gandhi was a Hindu but Godse was Hindutavadi," the former Congress president said, as quoted by news agency ANI.


"Hindutvavadis spend their entire life in search of power. They want nothing but power and can do anything for it. They follow the path of 'Sattagrah', not 'Satyagrah'. This country is of Hindus, not of Hindutvavadis," he added.



The Wayanad MP went on to say, "Who is Hindu? The one who embraces everybody, fears nobody, and respects every religion".


"Hindutvavadis only want power and they are in power since 2014. We need to throw these Hindutvavadis out of power and bring back Hindus," he added, in a strong-worded statement.



Earlier, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had hit out at the BJP-led Union government saying: "Today's government at the Centre is only about lies. This government is working for a few industrialists. The amount of money they spend on advertisements, why don't they give it to the farmers?"


The Congress party has organised the rally to demonstrate against the inflation in the country. The rally was earlier proposed to be held in Delhi but was shifted to Jaipur after it was denied permission by the union government, PTI reported.


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Congress leaders from various parts of Rajasthan arrived in Jaipur to take part in the rally being held at Vidhyadhar Nagar stadium.


In a series of tweets in Hindi, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot had said a message will be sent across the country from the rally that the time has come to oppose the wrong policies of the BJP government at the Centre.


The rally will pave the way for the downfall of the NDA government, he claimed.


Meanwhile, besides Rahul and Priyanka, Congress President Sonia Gandhi is taking part in the party's "maharally".