Rahul Gandhi, Congress slam RSS chief for Army comment

'Shame on you Mr. Bhagwat': Rahul Gandhi, Congress slam RSS chief for Army comment

The RSS Chief's speech is an insult to every Indian, because it disrespects those who have died for our nation - Rahul Gandhi wrote on Twitter.

Rahul Gandhi and Congress' Karnataka faction have criticised RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat over his comment about the Army during an event in Muzaffarpur on Sunday.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi took to Twitter to slam Mohan Bhagwat for his comment. The RSS Chief's speech is an insult to every Indian, because it disrespects those who have died for our nation - Rahul Gandhi wrote on Twitter.

The RSS Chief's speech is an insult to every Indian, because it disrespects those who have died for our nation.

It is an insult to our flag because it insults every soldier who ever saluted it.

Shame on you Mr Bhagwat, for disrespecting our martyrs and our Army. #ApologiseRSS pic.twitter.com/Gh7t4Ghgon

— Office of RG (@OfficeOfRG) February 12, 2018

Supporting Rahul Gandhi's claims, Congress' Karnataka faction also tweeted - Cowards who shied away from the Freedom Struggle, Traitors who didn't hoist our National Flag for decades, are now insulting our Indian Army. Mr. Bhagwat, do you have any shame?

Cowards who shied away from the Freedom Struggle, Traitors who didn't hoist our National Flag for decades, are now insulting our Indian Army. 

Mr. Bhagwat, do you have any shame?#RSSInsultsArmy https://t.co/tI8Fj5e2GM

— Karnataka Congress (@INCKarnataka) February 12, 2018

WHAT BHAGWAT SAID?

Mohan Bhagwat was reported to have said that while the Army would take "six to seven months" to prepare a force in case of a war, the RSS is capable of doing that in a matter of "three days".

The RSS then issued a statement saying that Bhagwat was quoted out of context in the situation. "RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's address in Bihar's Muzaffarpur is being represented incorrectly," the saffron organsiation said in a statement in Hindi.

What Bhagwat actually said was that "if a situation so arises, and if the Constitution allows it, the Indian Army would take six months to prepare the general population for war while the Army could prepare [the RSS's] swayamsevaks in three days because the swayamsevaks are highly disciplined," the organisation added.