Congress will remain “chaotic and constant”- Rahul Gandhi

In his  remarks about the so-called G23 leaders who have sought sweeping changes within the Congress, party leader Rahul Gandhi said on Tuesday that such differing points of view can only survive in his party. In an interaction with a group of faculty members and students of the Brown University, Gandhi said: “In our party, 20 people have different views. Do you think they can exist in the BJP, BSP or Trinamool Congress?” He added that “negotiation can’t stop” inside the party even as a section has different viewpoints.

He said the Congress will remain “chaotic and constant” and never be a cadre-based organisation such as the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). Our problem is negotiation between different sections have fractured. We are chaotic, we are constant. We are the conversation. That’s our system...,” he said. The BJP has, in the past rejected Gandhi’s allegations that the party and its ideological parent, RSS, have “destroyed the country’s institutional framework”. Last month, an RSS pracharak and BJP leader in Tamil Nadu, L Ganesan said, “RSS means discipline, nationalism and all other good qualities. If somebody says that RSS is influencing the judiciary or any field, people should feel happy that something good will happen. It is a compliment given by Rahul Gandhi to the judiciary...”