‘Team India is one the place persons are united, not divided’: Rahul Gandhi amid rows over Udaipur, Amravati killings

By PTI

MALAPPURAM: Team India is one the place everybody comes collectively regardless of their faith, language or neighborhood to beat challenges earlier than the nation and never one which is split because the ruling dispensation on the Centre allegedly believes, Congress chief and Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi mentioned on Sunday.

Speaking at an occasion for honouring Santosh Trophy winners and distributing soccer jerseys to varied groups in Malappuram district of Kerala, Gandhi mentioned similar to a soccer or cricket workforce, which requires all its gamers to play as a unit to win, India too is a workforce whose success is “based on all its people, all the religions, all the languages, the States and all the communities” right here coming collectively.

“That is what team India is. However, we have a ruling dispensation which does not understand this. They think by dividing India along religious lines, language lines, community lines, Team India can be successful. You can see the result of hatred and division. You can see the economic collapse that has taken place. You can see the joblessness that is apparent to every single person,” he mentioned.

“Therefore, my advice to you is that the same way you treat your fellow players in the team, treat all Indians as a team. Carry everybody together. Regardless of where they come from, regardless of their religion, language or community, treat them all the same. Then Team India will overcome all the challenges before it,” the Congress MP mentioned.

Gandhi, in his speech, additional mentioned that the one India doable was a “secular India”.

“There is no other India that is possible. An India that is divided along religious lines, that is divided along linguistic lines, is no longer India. An India where people feel humiliated because of the State they come from, the religion they follow or the language they speak, this is not the true India. India is a union of all States, religions, languages and communities and India exists only if every person who belongs here feels comfortable here,” the Congress MP mentioned.

Gandhi was on a three-day go to to Kerala and can return to Delhi tonight.