{"id":99007,"date":"2025-04-20T03:24:07","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T21:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/20\/congress-leaders-in-ahmedabad-intensify-criticism-of-bjp-and-rss-advocate-for-inclusivity-over-confrontation-tharoor-proposes-hopeful-approach\/"},"modified":"2025-04-20T03:24:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T21:54:07","slug":"congress-leaders-in-ahmedabad-intensify-criticism-of-bjp-and-rss-advocate-for-inclusivity-over-confrontation-tharoor-proposes-hopeful-approach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/20\/congress-leaders-in-ahmedabad-intensify-criticism-of-bjp-and-rss-advocate-for-inclusivity-over-confrontation-tharoor-proposes-hopeful-approach\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress leaders in Ahmedabad intensify criticism of BJP and RSS, advocate for inclusivity over confrontation, Tharoor proposes hopeful approach."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Congress leaders, Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi, launched scathing criticisms against the BJP and RSS during a two-day session in Ahmedabad, focusing on issues of religious freedom and divisive ideologies. Accusing the BJP of pursuing power through Machiavellian tactics, the party members emphasized the need for a more inclusive and hopeful message. Shashi Tharoor, in particular, proposed an alternative approach to the confrontational stance taken by the ruling party. The leaders highlighted concerns about the state of religious freedom and alleged divisive strategies employed by the BJP and RSS. The session in Ahmedabad saw a strong reiteration of the Congress party&#8217;s commitment to combating what they perceive as harmful ideologies and policies of the current government. The critique was framed within the context of promoting a more harmonious and tolerant society. Tharoor&#8217;s call for a message of hope and inclusivity resonated with many party members, who see it as a potential rallying point for future electoral campaigns. The Congress leaders&#8217; statements in Ahmedabad underscored the ongoing political tensions between the two major parties in India and set the stage for further debates on the direction of the country&#8217;s governance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congress leaders, Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi, launched scathing criticisms against the BJP and RSS during a two-day session in Ahmedabad, focusing on issues of religious freedom and divisive ideologies. Accusing the BJP of pursuing power through Machiavellian tactics, the party members emphasized the need for a more inclusive and hopeful message. Shashi Tharoor, in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":99008,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120147205imgsize-1331093-2.jpg",1280,720,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120147205imgsize-1331093-2-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120147205imgsize-1331093-2-300x169.jpg",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120147205imgsize-1331093-2-768x432.jpg",640,360,true],"large":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120147205imgsize-1331093-2-1024x576.jpg",640,360,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120147205imgsize-1331093-2.jpg",1280,720,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120147205imgsize-1331093-2.jpg",1280,720,false]},"author_info":{"display_name":"","author_link":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/author\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/category\/just-in\/\" rel=\"category tag\">JUST IN<\/a>","tag_info":"JUST IN","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99007"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}