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'My name is Rahul Gandhi, not Rahul Savarkar': Cong rally challenges govt

The Congress leader accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of "destroying" the economy and said, "It is Prime Minister himself and not India's enemies who have destroyed our economy."

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Former PM Manmohan Singh along with Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi waves at the party workers during the party's 'Bharat Bachao' rally at Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi. PHOTO-DALIP KUMAR

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Top Congress leaders on Sunday accused the Narendra Modi government of destroying the economy and dividing the nation, stepping their protests against a new law on citizenship rights.

"My name is Rahul Gandhi, not Rahul Savarkar. I will never apologise for speaking truth and nor will any Congressman do so," said the Congress MP at the party's 'Bharat Bachao' rally in Delhi. He was referring to the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) demand that he apologise for his statement about rapes in India. Vinayak Damodar Savarkar was a freedom fighter and a proponent of the Hindutva philosophy.

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