Fundamentalist, Fascist Organisation That Captured India's Institutions: Rahul Gandhi Attacks RSS In London

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi said during a programme in London, United Kindom that RSS is a 'fundamentalist, fascist organisation' that has captured almost all of 'India's institutions'.

New Delhi: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has now criticised RSS during a programme in London, United Kindom (UK). The Congress leader is on a 10-day visit to the UK where he is taking part in various programmes. In fresh series of attacks, he said that RSS is a 'fundamentalist, fascist organisation' that has captured almost all of 'India's institutions'.

According to ANI, he said, "The nature of democratic contest in India has completely changed and the reason is that one organisation called RSS- a fundamentalist, fascist organisation has basically captured pretty much all of India's institutions."

He added that he was shocked to see how RSS has been successful in capturing different institutions of the country- press, judiciary, parliament and election commission. "It shocked me how successful they have been at capturing the different institutions of our country. Press, Judiciary, Parliament, and Election Commission are all under threat and are controlled in one way or the other," Gandhi added.

Claiming RSS is a 'secret society' built along the lines of the 'Muslim Brotherhood', Gandhi said, "....the idea is to use the democratic contest to come to power and then subvert the democratic contest afterwards."

Earlier, during his address to a group of UK MPs in the Grand Committee Room within the House of Commons, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that microphones in the Lok Sabha were often "silenced" against the Opposition. Rahul was seen using a faulty microphone in the room to drive home his point that Opposition voices were being "stifled" in India, PTI reported.

"Our mikes are not out of order, they are functioning, but you still can't switch them on. That's happened to me a number of times while I am speaking," the former Congress chief told the UK MPs when asked on his experience of being a politician in India.

Gandhi said issues like demonetisation, which he called a "disastrous financial decision", and GST were not allowed to be discussed in Parliament.

"Chinese troops entering Indian territory we were not allowed to discuss. I remember a Parliament where there were vibrant discussions, heated debates, arguments, disagreements but we had a conversation. And, that's frankly what we miss in Parliament. We have to use debates to fit in other debates. There is a stifling that is going on," he said.