Attacking the BJP and its ideological parent RSS, Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday told the crowd at a Raebareli event, “Constitution carries your voice”

In a charged appeal, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday used contrast to provoke reflection as he addressed the public in his constituency of Uttar Pradesh’s Raebareli — asking an applauding crowd about the silence they serve when the “Constitution is torn”.

Attacking the Bharatiya Janata Party and its ideological parent RSS, Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday told the public event, “Constitution carries your voice and your blood” and “protecting it is your duty and your responsibility”.

“You all are clapping… but when RSS members tear and throw away this Constitution right in front of you, you remain silent. I want to tell you that this Constitution carries your voice and your blood. Protecting and saving it is your duty and your responsibility,” Rahul Gandhi said.

Invoking Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent public appeal of avoding foreign travel, Rahul Gandhi said the PM “tells you not to travel abroad. He tells you not to buy gold. He tells you to buy electric vehicles. In the coming times, farmers may not even have fertilizer available.”

“An economic storm is approaching,” Rahul Gandhi warned.

“You will see in just a few months, where inflation will go, where petrol prices go, where diesel prices go, where gas prices go. The Prime Minister openly says, ‘do not buy gold, do not travel abroad,’ and then himself travels abroad in aircraft worth thousands of crores of rupees. And you people remain silent,” Gandhi said.

Rahul Gandhi was referring to PM Modi’s ongoing five-nation tour, as part of which has visited the UAE, Netherlands, Sweden, Norway and is now on the last leg in Italy.