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Guwahati, September 29 : Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday accused RSS that the Sangh Parivar want to divide the country.
After appeared before the Kamrup CJM court in Guwahati in connection with a defamation case by RSS, the Congress vice president said that, RSS want to divide the country and his fight will continue against them.
"I am not scared and my fight will continue against poverty, unemployment and underdevelopment," Rahul Gandhi said to media after appeared before the court.
"BJP want to disturb my 30-day trip to Uttar Pradesh for the farmers and that is reason of such cases have filed against me. But I am not scared," Rahul Gandhi said.
A volunteer of RSS had filed a defamation case against Rahul Gandhi last year for the remarks of the Congress vice president against the Sangh Parivar during his visit to Assam.
In December last, Gandhi was scheduled to visit the Barpeta Satra monastery before a road show in December but didn't do so as there were some women pilgrims inside.
The next day, he claimed in Parliament that some "RSS people" had stopped him from entering the temple.
The RSS, which is the ideological mentor of the ruling BJP, denied the allegation.
Gandhi is fighting another defamation case for linking the RSS with the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.
Meanwhile, the local court has granted bail on PR bond to the Congress vice president.
Before left to New Delhi, Rahul Gandhi also discussed about upcoming elections with the top party leaders of Assam unit at Rajiv Bhawan.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
