‘Al Qaeda and Sangh are the same, both spread hatred, Congress leader’s bad words create political uproar!

Congress Leader Controversial Statement: There is a stir in the country at present due to different statements of Congress leaders. Digvijay Singh started this series on Saturday, when he gave his opinion regarding RSS. However, he later retracted his statement and gave clarification. Now other Congress leaders have also reacted to his statement. In this episode, Lok Sabha MP Manickam Tagore has compared RSS with Al Qaeda.

Manikkam Tagore’s statement

Manickam Tagore said, ‘The work of RSS and Al Qaeda is the same. Both spread hatred. Those spreading terror cannot learn anything from them. We belong to Gandhiji’s party, we do politics of love, we have nothing to learn from those who spread hatred.” He gave this statement on Digvijay Singh’s statement of learning from RSS, and during this he compared the Sangh with Al Qaeda.

#WATCH Delhi: On Congress leader Digvijaya Singh praising the organizational strength of the RSS, Congress MP Manickam Tagore says, “…The RSS is an organization built on hatred, and it spreads hatred. There is nothing to learn from hatred. Can you learn anything from… pic.twitter.com/yDlTv2Vmqh

— ANI (@ANI) December 28, 2025

BJP expressed protest

BJP has given a sharp reaction to this statement. Party leader Nalin Kohli said, ‘Can RSS be compared with a jihadi organization? Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi should clarify their stand on this. This statement is condemnable.”

Digvijay Singh’s statement and clarification

Former Chief Minister Digvijay Singh had made a post on social media, in which he shared an old picture of PM Modi. In this picture Modi was seen sitting on the ground. Digvijay Singh had written in this post, “How a grassroots volunteer of RSS, after becoming a worker of Jan Sangh and BJP, sat at the feet of the leaders and became the Chief Minister of the state and the Prime Minister of the country, this is the power of the organization.” After this he clarified that his aim was only to praise the strength of the organization. He said, ‘I have opposed RSS, Modi ji and his policies. Whatever I had to say, I said it in the CWC meeting.”

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Siddaramaiah’s son had compared it with Taliban

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s son Yatindra Siddaramaiah had also given a controversial statement on this issue. He had said in October that the mentality of RSS is like Taliban. He said that RSS wants to implement Hinduism in the same way as Taliban implements the principles of Islam. After this, the state government had imposed some restrictions on the Sangh, but later after the court’s decision, the government had to withdraw these restrictions.