Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, on Monday, said, “Tamil Nadu should show the way to India in keeping away the forces that are inimical to language and culture and those projecting one culture, one nation and one history concept.” The Congress leader is in on a three-day tour of Tamil Nadu, where elections will be held next month.  

During a public rally, he said that Tamil Nadu has proved that nobody can rule them other than the Tamil people. 

Addressing the huge crowd in Nagercoil, the former Congress president criticised state CM said K Palaniswami and said “Tamil Nadu chief minister (K Palaniswami) who bows to Prime Minister Narendra Modi will never be able to do this.”

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The RSS and Modi “insult Tamil language and culture”, he said, adding the people should not to allow them to to gain a foothold.

Tamil Nadu will go to polls in a single phase elections on April 6. The Congress is fighting the elections from the DMK-led alliance.

Rahul further said “Modi talks about one culture, one nation, one history and one leader.” “Is Tamil not an Indian language? Is Bengali not an Indian language? Is Tamil culture not Indian culture? This is the battle that is being fought in this election, Gandhi said as the crowd cheered.

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“It is my duty to protect the Tamil language, culture and history just as it is my duty to protect all languages and religions in India,” the Wayanad MP said.

He accused the BJP-led government at the Centre as well as the Palaniswami government of not respecting Tamil language, culture or tradition.

Recalling the yeoman service of Congress senior and late parliamentarian H Vasantha Kumar, Gandhi said he always stood by the party values.