RSS, Muslim Brotherhood were banned after assassination of top leaders: Rahul
Sunday - August 26, 2018 2:06 am ,
Category : INDIA
RSS, Muslim Brotherhood were banned after assassination of top leaders: Rahul
London Aug 26 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi has once again compared the RSS with the Muslim Brotherhood a Sunni Islamist organisation and said both were banned after the assassination of the top leaders of India and Egypt -- Mahatma Gandhi and Anwar Sadat respectively.
Speaking here on Saturday at an event organised by Indian Journalists Association Gandhi said: "I said RSS is lot like the Muslim brotherhood. And there is a storm in a teacup back home. Both organisations were founded in the 1920s. Both organisations believe in institutional capture. Both organisations view the electoral process as a means of capturing institutions."
"Muslim Brotherhood was banned after Anwar Sadat s (then Egyptian president) assassination (in 1981) RSS was banned after Mahatma Gandhi s assassination (in 1948). So there are tremendous similarities. And the most interesting one women are not allowed in either of these organisations. So they are similar " Gandhi added.
He also said: They are trying to capture institutions so that democratic organisation is throttled " he added.
Gandhi had on Friday compared the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) with the Muslim Brotherhood and said the RSS wanted to "capture" every institution of the country.
--IANS sid/pgh/
Speaking here on Saturday at an event organised by Indian Journalists Association Gandhi said: "I said RSS is lot like the Muslim brotherhood. And there is a storm in a teacup back home. Both organisations were founded in the 1920s. Both organisations believe in institutional capture. Both organisations view the electoral process as a means of capturing institutions."
"Muslim Brotherhood was banned after Anwar Sadat s (then Egyptian president) assassination (in 1981) RSS was banned after Mahatma Gandhi s assassination (in 1948). So there are tremendous similarities. And the most interesting one women are not allowed in either of these organisations. So they are similar " Gandhi added.
He also said: They are trying to capture institutions so that democratic organisation is throttled " he added.
Gandhi had on Friday compared the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) with the Muslim Brotherhood and said the RSS wanted to "capture" every institution of the country.
--IANS sid/pgh/
