Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday targeted PM Modi and the BJP while addressing a gathering at Mohabbat ki Dukaan (shops of love) event in Santa Clara (California).

The Congress leader while addressing the gathering at the event said, “The world is too big and complicated for any person to know everything. That is the disease... There is a group of people in India who are absolutely convinced they know everything. They think they know even more than God. They can sit with God and explain to him what’s going on. And of course, our Prime Minister is one such specimen. If you sat Modi ji down next to God, he will start explaining to God how the universe works and God will get confused about what have I created.

He further said that there are a group of people (referring to BJP) who understand everything.

"They (BJP) can speak to scientists and explain science to them. They can explain history to historians, warfare to the army and flying to the air force. But at the core of it is mediocrity and that they don't actually understand anything," he stated.

Talking about the inauguration of the new Parliament building and the installation of Sengol, Gandhi said these are in a way a distraction as the Modi led government cannot face or address real issues such as unemployment, price rise, and the spread of anger and hatred.

“The BJP can’t really discuss these issues so they have to do the sceptre thing. Lying down and doing all that. Aren’t you happy that I’m not lying down?,” he asked.

He also talked about Bharat Jodo Yatra and stated that the Bharat Jodo Yatra had not only given a new idiom to end the “politics of hate” but also provided an alternative vision for the country.

Gandhi is on a six-day tour of the U.S. where he is scheduled to participate in different events including speaking at Stanford University, addressing the National Press Club at Washington, a closed-door session at a think-tank and interact with intellectuals, academics and lawmakers among others.

Source- The Hindu