Wardha: Former AICC Chief Rahul Gandhi said on Friday that Hindu and Hindutva are not one these two are different concepts. Rahul in his address a four day online AICC orientation programme organized at Sevagram Ashram in Wardha, his party’s ideology is like a “beautiful jewel” with an unending power inside it, but it has been overshadowed by the BJP.

Congress representatives from across the States are participating in the programme. The Congress ideology which is alive and vibrant will envelope that of the BJP-RSS, he said and emphasized on strengthening his party’s ideas within the organization and spreading them across the country. We have to accept that there are two ideologies in India – the Congress ideology and the RSS ideology. We have to accept the BJP-RSS has spread hatred in today’s India, he said.

There has been complete capture of the media by the BJP outfit, he said. He observed that Hindutva and Hinduism are two different concepts. We say there is a difference between Hindutva and Hindu religion. It is a simple logic, if you are a Hindu then why do you need Hindutva? Why do you need this new name?” he asked. Now is the time to strengthen Congress ideology in its own organization and spread it’s across India through party workers,” he said.

The central way to propagate the party’s ideology is by training people in a conversation about what it means to be a Congress person and how is that different from being an RSS person, he said. Ideologically training of party workers, in my view, should be made mandatory irrespective of seniority.

BJP have discovered their ideology and crystallized it. We have to crystallize our ideology and the moment we do that it will envelope their ideology. The hate that is being spread today will vanish and the future which seems uncertain will become certain, he added.