I Stand by Every Single Word, Says Rahul Gandhi on RSS Role in Mahatma Gandhi Killing 

New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi seems to be inviting more troubles over his statements on RSS as he was doing a damage control by taking several U-turns on what he said earlier. Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi earlier made an allegation that RSS role in Mahatma Gandhi assassination, but later toned down saying some people in Sangh parivar had role in that. On the other hand, RSS came down heavily on Rahul Gandhi to come out with evidence on who all were involved in the assassination.

Confused Congress prince on Thursday dismissed suggestions that he had made a U-turn on RSS role in killing Mahatma Gandhi, and said that he stood by every single word said by him.

“I will never stop fighting the hateful and divisive agenda of the RSS. I stand by every single word I said,” he tweeted. His tweet came after media reports said that he took a U-turn yesterday when he told the Supreme Court that he did not ever blame the RSS for the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, but had only said that a few individuals in the organisation were responsible for it.

Before Rahul’s tweet, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said in the morning that wisdom had prevailed upon the Congress Vice President. Good, Rahul finally admitted before Supreme Court that RSS is not accused in the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. Wisdom has prevailed. It may be a U-turn but a good turn. RSS is a patriotic organization. RSS is Ready for Self Service anywhere any time,” Naidu tweeted. Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday chose to set the records straight by telling the top court that he had never blamed RSS as an institution for killing Mahatama Gandhi, but persons associated with it were behind the assassination. He buttressed his stand by citing paragraphs from his affidavit filed in the Bombay High Court, while challenging the summons issued to him as an accused for his alleged defamatory statement in a 2015 election rally in Maharashtra.

Senior advocate and Congress leader Kapil Sibal, appearing for Rahul Gandhi, cited the affidavit filed before the High Court saying he had only accused certain people of RSS and not the organisation as the killer of Mahatma Gandhi. “I never made the statement that RSS killed Mahatma Gandhi, but persons associated with the RSS killed him,” the senior advocate had told the Court.

Senior advocate and Congress leader Kapil Sibal, appearing for Rahul Gandhi, cited the affidavit filed before the High Court saying he had only accused certain people of RSS and not the organisation as the killer of Mahatma Gandhi. “I never made the statement that RSS killed Mahatma Gandhi, but persons associated with the RSS killed him,” the senior advocate had told the Court. Earlier today, Congress leader Digvijay Singh had dismissed suggestions that Rahul has made a U-turn in the Supreme Court on the RSS and said the party Vice President stands by his assertion that the person who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi was from the organisation.

“No U-Turn by Rahul Gandhi on RSS. He stands by what he said. Person who killed was from RSS. It is the Ideology of hate and violence which killed Mahatma Gandhi,” the Congress General Secretary said in a series of tweets.