The Congress has long maintained that Rahul Gandhi is fighting against the “dictatorship” of the NDA government as he has, taken on the ruling dispensation over several key issues.
Buoyed by Venezuela’s main opposition leader, Maria Corina Machado, receiving this year’s Nobel Peace Prize for fighting for democratic rights in her country, Congress spokesperson Surendra Rajput on Friday drew parallels between her and Rahul Gandhi, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, apparently suggesting that he too deserves the coveted accolade for “fighting to save the Constitution” in India.
Sharing a picture of Machado alongside the five-time Lok Sabha MP, Rajput wrote on X in Hindi: “This time, the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the opposition leader of Venezuela for defending the constitution. The opposition leader of India, Shri Rahul Gandhi, is leading the fight to save the country’s Constitution”.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee recognised Machado for her unwavering commitment to promoting democratic rights and advocating for a peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy in Venezuela.
Machado has been a unifying figure in Venezuela’s opposition, despite facing threats and being forced into hiding following last year’s election that was widely seen as having been rigged by Maduro.
Meanwhile in India, the Congress has long maintained that Rahul Gandhi has waged a war against the “dictatorship” of the incumbent NDA government as he has, in the recent past, raked up issues such as “vote chori”, deliberate voter name deletion from electoral rolls of Bihar, EVM hacking to benefit the BJP and its allies in elections, the alleged attempts to end reservations for backward classes, among others.
The entire opposition in India has rallied behind the Congress by forming the INDIA bloc to take on the BJP-led NDA and the incumbent Modi government in the Centre and in various states, claiming that unemployment is on the rise, the country’s economy has taken a hit, minority and SC/ST rights have been compromised, descenting voices have been suppressed and so on.
