Addressing a rally in Kerala's Alappuzha, Congress president Rahul Gandhi said, "We're currently involved in an ideological fight between the Congress and the BJP-RSS. The Congress views India in a particular way and the RSS views India in a completely different way. We say that India should be represented by the voice of its people. We say that we should accept many different idea, languages, cultures."
"That's not how they see India; they want India to be ruled by one idea and they want to crush anybody who does not agree with their idea. The prime minister can announce from a stage Congress-mukt Bharat. He says he wants to eliminate Congress and its ideas. We do not say that, we don't want the elimination of anybody. We disagree the BJP and the RSS, we fight with them, but we will never kill BJP and RSS.

We will never use violence against our opponents. Even when we are fighting our opponents, we will do so with love, respect and compassion. And the history of this state and country will show you that in this country love will always triumphs over hate."