Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is on a three-day city tour in the US, where he addressed the Indian diaspora and also addressed the students at the Stanford University Campus in California. While his address Congress leader said, “I think the drama started really, about six months ago. we were struggling. the entire position is struggling in India. The entire opposition is struggling in India. Huge financial dominance. Institutional capture. Were struggling to fight the democratic fight in our country.” Then is when he decided to launch his ambitious nationwide Bharat Jodo Yatra.Congress leader also asserted that while being in the politics it has given him the huge opportunity to serve people but did not imagine his disqualification from Lok Sabha was possible when he joined politics.Notably, Rahul Gandhi got disqualified as the Member of Parliament from Wayanad (Kerala) after he was convicted by the Surat court in 2019 following a defamation case against the Modi surname remark.My phone is being tapped: Rahul GandhiLater, the Congress leader brought up data privacy in a conversation with a group of startup business owners from Silicon Valley. He assured the gathering that he is not concerned about the Pegasus spyware problem. He joked about saying “Hello! Mr Modi” on his iPhone at one point. “I think someone is tapping my iPhone.” As a country and as an individual, you must set regulations for the privacy of data information, he said.Rahul Gandhi while address at Santa CruzWhile interacting with activists, academics and civil society at the University of California, Santa Cruz, he said, “It was a pleasure to engage with the learned audience at @Stanford on The New Global Equilibrium. We discussed the challenges and opportunities of changing world order. Actions based on truth is the way forward.”It was a pleasure to engage with the learned audience at @Stanford on The New Global Equilibrium. We discussed the challenges and opportunities of a changing world order. Actions based on truth is the way forward. pic.twitter.com/6tEoCV6OsM— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) June 1, 2023 Rahul Gandhi on “Sengol” in the USEarlier in the tour, the Congress leader had criticised the Modi administration, claiming that the new Parliament buildings construction and the installation of the “Sengol” (sceptre) were attempts to deflect attention from the “real issues” like unemployment and rising prices.
