Rahul Gandhi | Photo Credit: Twitter

London: Congress President Rahul Gandhi has continued with his attack against Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his London trip. While speaking at an event in London, Gandhi said that because of PM Modi’s leadership, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj had no job to do, except for “spending a lot of time working on people`s visas.”

You notice one thing, everybody says that it is a great thing that India`s Foreign Minister spends a lot of her time working on visas. Do you realise what that statement means? It means the Foreign Minister has nothing better to do than get people visas,” Gandhi said while addressing an event at the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) in London.

He further alleged that the Prime Minister’s Office had a “monopoly” over the Foreign ministry, news agency IANS reported. Gandhi reportedly said that though Swaraj was a capable woman, she “really had nothing to do” under the PM’s leadership. "If you actually give her the power to do something, she could probably break that monopoly (in the ministry),” he said.

(EAM Sushma Swaraj. Pic credit: ANI)

Gandhi also added, “In India...if you`re seeing something that is not scaling in India, just look at the monopoly that is not letting that happen. If you bring in new voices, if you bring in business, if you bring in other think tanks and give them actual power in the Foreign Ministry, it`ll scale immediately."

At the event at International Institute of Strategic Studies on Friday, Gandhi’s comments had stirred yet another controversy after he compared the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to the infamous “Muslim Brotherhood” in the Arab world. He also said, "RSS is trying to change the nature of India. There is no other organisation in India that wants to capture India's institutions. RSS' idea is similar to idea of Muslim Brotherhood in Arab world.”

