TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Jyotiraditya Scindia ignored his ideology and decided to go with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh as he feared for his political future, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said, asserting that “his old friend” will neither get respect in the Bharatiya Janata Party, nor will he be satisfied.
Speaking candidly on Scindia’s shock move to the BJP after being in the Congress for years, Gandhi recalled his long association with Scindia and said there is a difference between what is in his heart and what he is saying.While some senior leaders like Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot have been scathing in their criticism of Scindia, Gandhi’s response to his quitting the Congress was tempered.
“I
know the ideology of Jyotiraditya Scindia ji, he was with me in college. I
would keep talking to him, I know him well. Jyotiraditya Scindia feared for his
political future and therefore kept his ideology in his pocket and went with
the RSS,” Gandhi said. “But
the reality is that neither will he get respect there, nor will the truth and
emotion in his heart be satisfied. He will come to realise it,” he said,
adding that he has an old friendship with Scindia.
