Rahul Gandhi Honors Kanshi Ram, Critiques Congress Shortcomings and BJP Policies

Rahul Gandhi paid tribute to Kanshi Ram on his birth anniversary in Lucknow, highlighting Kanshi Ram's uncompromising principles alongside those of Mahatma Gandhi and B.R. Ambedkar. Gandhi acknowledged shortcomings within the Congress party that allowed Kanshi Ram's rise and claimed that if Jawaharlal Nehru were alive, Kanshi Ram would have been a Congress Chief Minister. He criticized the BJP-led government for excluding marginalized communities and compromising India's energy security, while emphasizing the need for social justice and greater representation for Dalits and other backward classes ahead of upcoming elections.