Rahul Gandhi Blames BJP and RSS for Attack Says "This Is Thier Way Of Politics"

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 Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today said the attack on his convoy in Gujarat was carried out by workers from the BJP and the RSS.

 47-year-old Mr Gandhi was touring flood-hit Banaskantha in Gujarat when alleged workers of the BJP threw a cement brick at his car. 

Mr Gandhi had reportedly been asked to travel in his bulletproof vehicle but he chose to sit in the first car of his convoy. 

 "Attack on me was carried out by the BJP RSS people. This is their, and PM Modi's, way of politics," he said, adding, "It is done by their people so why would they condemn it."

Senior Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad also condemned the attack on Mr Gandhi, saying that it was a "pre-planned conspiracy". "It is a murderous attack by the BJP, RSS," Mr Azad said.

 The BJP has, however, denied the allegations. Senior BJP leader Kailash Vijaywargiya said yesterday: "We don't know if the attack was real or orchestrated."

 The Congress flew 43 Gujarat lawmakers to Bengaluru last Friday to prevent more defections after six of its legislators quit.

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