Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi

The Congress spreads love and brotherhood while the BJP nurtures anger and arrogance, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said at a rally in Guwahati in Assam on Tuesday.

"BJP leaders talk about Hindutva but do not read the Gita. If they open and read the book, they will see that it written that respect everyone, work with love and do not work with arrogance. This is also written in the Quran, Guru Granth Sahib and all other holy books," he said.

"Love and brotherhood run this country. There is no need to wipe out anyone. This is a bouquet. There is space for everyone - Hindus, Muslims, Christians and Sikhs. If anyone is wiped out, it will be those who have anger in their hearts, arrogance in their hearts," he said.

"We gave power to the people. We shooed away Vedanta from Niyamgiri. We said it is the land of the tribals. We went to Bhatta-Parsaul and fought against land acquisition. We did not do this with anger, by cursing others, we did it with love. Gandhi-ji said revolution comes from love, not anger," he said.

Targeting the BJP further, he accused the previous AGP-BJP coalition government in Assam of corruption.

"There used to be an AGP-BJP government here. What they looted in three months could not have been looted in 50 years," he said.

Attacking BJP's PM nominee Narendra Modi, he said: "Leaders come and say they will change the world. Leaders don't change the world, people do," he said.

"A Sikh person said to me in Haryana. He said: 'I am from Gujarat. I came to Gujarat 50 years ago from Pakistan. I was given a small land. I farmed there. Forty years later, the Gujarat government says you are an outsider. You get out," he said.

He said the Congress has brought millions out of poverty.

"In the last 10 years, the Congress brought 15 crore people out of poverty. It is not a small job. This hasn't ever happened in history," he said.

"Now a new class has emerged - 70 crore people who run this country, those who are above BPL category and below middle class. We want to work for their welfare. We want to bring them into the middle class.

He said there should be a law against regionalism.

"No one - from Tamil Nadu or Assam or any other state - should feel that there is a place in India where he does not feel at home."

On the self-immolation of a man outside Assam secretariat over land rights on Monday, the Congress leader said, "A youth immolated himself. But we are a party of love, not of violence. I told Gogoi-ji to extend all possible help to his family."