Launching his party's poll campaign in Kerala, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Thursday flayed the ruling CPI(M) in the State and BJP-RSS for allegedly indulging in violence and accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of ignoring voices of farmers, fishermen and small businessmen.
"BJP and CPI(M) use violence which is the weapon of the weak," Gandhi said mounting a scathing attack on the two parties at a massive election rally here this evening.
In a whirlwind visit to the state after the election schedule was announced on Sunday, Gandhi also referred to the Rafale deal to attack Modi and reiterated his promise that a Minimum Guarantee Income would be provided to all citizens if the Congress party is voted to power.
Stating that he was happy to come to a state where people of different ideas and religions live happily together, he said an "ideological battle" was being played out in the country today.
Taking pot shots at Prime Minister Narendra Modi Gandhi said "the Prime Minister's job is not to tell the nation his Mann ki Baat but to listen to the mann ki baat of the people," he said.
The congress president said the Congress was the "voice" of the country and not just the voice of one person or a community. It was the voice of all the people, he said.
"Congress does not want to impose anything on India. We do not want to impose any idea on this country.
The Congress party wants to listen to what the people have to say and act accordingly. That's why the doors of Congress is open to everyone," he said.
"While Congress listens to to everyone, RSS wants to tell India what to do. They have an ideology which they are convinced about and they want to tell everybody that their ideology is the truth," he said.