Delhi: Congress members launch 'free hug' campaign, float pictures of Modi-Gandhi hug
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The campaign comes following Congress president Rahul Gandhi's unexpected hug to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the discussing of a no-confidence motion in the parliament on July 20.
Congress workers on Tuesday launched a 'free hug' drive in Delhi's Connaught Place with several party members gathering on streets to offer free hugs to the passerbys.
The campaign comes following Congress president Rahul Gandhi's unexpected hug to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the discussing of a no-confidence motion in the parliament on July 20.
During the campaign, around 50 workers were seen holding placards and banners with slogans 'remove enmity, save country' and pictures of Rahul hugging Prime Minister Modi.
Speaking to ANI, Delhi Congress worker Aniruddh Sharma, who was leading the campaign, said, "Our aim is to spread message - 'remove hatred, save country'. A hug is a way of spreading love. But we also tell people that the idea of India lies in the fact that people from different religions should respect each other's faith and live in harmony."
He added that Rahul hugged Prime Minister Modi to spread the message of love and compassion. "We are taking his (Rahul) message forward," Sharma said.
On Sunday, several posters of Congress president Rahul Gandhi hugging Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Lok Sabha has been put up in Mumbai's Andheri.
The posters, which have been put by the Congress workers, also has a tagline that reads, "Nafrat se nahi, Pyar se jeetenge (we will win by love, not hatred)."
Last week, after creating a splash in the Lok Sabha by hugging Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress president Rahul Gandhi said that only way to build a nation was by harnessing love and compassion of people.
"The point of yesterday's debate in Parliament. PM uses Hate, Fear and Anger in the hearts of some of our people to build his narrative. We are going to prove that Love and Compassion in the hearts of all Indians, is the only way to build a nation (sic)," he had said on Twitter.