New Delhi: Rahul Gandi on Monday claimed that RSS workers stopped him from entering a temple in Barpeta during his recent visit to Assam, saying this was BJP's style of politics which was "unacceptable".
A furious Congress Vice President, who said he wanted to raise three issues, also targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi over Kerala Chief Minister Oomen Chandy being not invited to an event to be attended by him in Kollam on Tuesday, asserting he has "insulted" the people of the state.
Rahul was interacting with reporters while taking part in a protest by the Congress outside Parliament House over the law and order situation in Punjab.
"When I went to Assam I wanted to visit a temple in Barpeta district. And at the temple the RSS people they stopped me entering the temple. This is the way the BJP operates.
"They made the woman there stand in front of me and told me that I cannot enter into the temple," he said, and asked, "Who are they to stop me?"
Rahul, who was in Berpeta last Friday, said he visited the temple later in the evening when the RSS workers had left the place.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Sunday alleged that BJP and RSS had conspired to not allow Rahul to enter Barpeta Satra during his visit to the state.
On the Chandy issue, Rahul alleged the Prime Minister has insulted the people of Kerala, claiming he has "stopped our chief minister" from going to a function.
"Chief Minister of Kerala represents the people of Kerala. Chief Minister of Kerala is the voice of the people of Kerala and the Prime Minister had insulted that voice. This is simply not acceptable to us," he said.
A controversy had erupted last week over the decision of SNDP, an organisation of backward Ezhava community, to exclude Chandy from attending the unveiling of former Chief Minister R Sankar's statue by the prime minister in Kollam on Tuesday.
In his two-day visit to Assam, the Congress vice-president had addressed a rally in Barpeta District after a seven kilometre 'padhyatra' that began from a temple and ended at a mosque.
Hitting at Prime Minister Modi, Rahul Gandhi had said that people of Assam will reject the BJP like Bihar as the Prime Minister did not fulfill his Lok Sabha promises.
