国大党领袖拉胡尔·甘地周二对人民党发起了毫不留情的攻击，称他没有被人民党剥夺他的议员“标签”或官邸的策略吓倒，执政阶层越是攻击他，他就越知道自己走在正确的道路上。
甘地的后裔猛烈抨击人民党对他的“攻击”，称他被取消了人民院议员资格，因为他就商人高塔姆·阿达尼(Gautam Adani)及其与总理纳伦德拉·莫迪(Narendra Modi)的所谓关系提出的“简单问题”让“政府非常不舒服”。
甘地在失去瓦亚纳德议员资格后，第一次来到喀拉拉邦边境地区的卡尔佩塔地区。他说，国大党并没有被人民党的“恐吓、侵略和肮脏”吓倒，而是觉得这很“有趣”。
“这是印度两种愿景之间的斗争。人民党代表一种愿景，我们代表另一种愿景，我们(国大党)不怕你们(人民党)的恐吓、侵略和肮脏。事实上，我们觉得这很有趣，”这位甘地的后代在UDF组织的一次路演中表示。
他和他的妹妹普里扬卡·甘地·瓦德拉抵达卡尔佩塔，受到了数千人的热烈欢迎，包括UDF领导人、工人和支持者，他们沿着他乘坐的卡车，挤在路边，前往名为“Satyameva Jayate”的路演场地。
甘地在集会场所对数千人发表讲话，他说，国会议员只是一个“标签”或一个帖子，剥夺他的身份不会吓到或恐吓他，也不会阻止他代表瓦亚纳德人民。
“国会议员是一个标签。这是一个邮局。所以，人民党可以拿走我的标签、海报、房子，他们甚至可以把我关进监狱，但他们无法阻止我代表Wayanad的人民。
“我很惊讶，即使这么多年过去了，人民党还不了解它的对手。他们不明白他们的对手是不会被吓倒的。他们认为，如果派警察到我家来，我会感到害怕，或者如果我的房子被没收，我会感到不安。”
他说，这也不会阻止他提出问题或提出有关瓦亚纳德和印度人民的问题。
关于中央政府要求他搬出官邸的命令，甘地说，他的妹妹在活动中在他面前发言时，没有提到“我实际上很高兴他们拿走了我的房子”，因为他对留在那里不感兴趣。
这位国大党领导人说，他从瓦亚纳德人民那里了解到，“我的家园被洪水夺走了50次，我将继续提出瓦亚纳德和印度公众的问题”。
甘地说，他知道他所做的是正确的，他走在正确的道路上，因为人民党对他进行了24小时的攻击。
“我必须告诉你我是如何知道我所做的是正确的。我知道，如果人民党夺走我的房子，取消我在议会的资格，24小时攻击我，我做的是对的。他们越是攻击我，我就越知道这是我必须走的路，”他说，并补充说，“无论发生什么事”，他都不会停下来。
人民党之所以攻击他，是因为他在议会就莫迪总理和阿达尼之间的关系问了一些“简单的问题”。
“After all, what did I do? I went to Parliament and asked the Prime Minister some questions about a businessman. I just asked him — Mr Narendra Modi, please explain your relationship with Mr Gautam Adani.
“I kept asking that simple question. In my speech in Parliament, I used media reports to show that Adani, who was 609th in the list of wealthiest people in the world, became number 2. I gave examples of how the Prime Minister himself facilitated this growth," Gandhi said.
The former Congress president alleged that he showed how the defence relationship between Israel and India was transformed, rules of Indian airports were changed and Indian foreign policy was used — all to help Adani.
“I asked a simple question on the relationship the PM has with Adani. The PM has not answered this question so far and for the first time, you saw how the government itself was not letting the Parliament run," he contended.
Gandhi further alleged that BJP ministers lied about him in Parliament, but he was not allowed to respond to the same as permitted under the rules.
When he wrote to the Lok Sabha Speaker regarding the same and seeking his permission to speak in the House in response to the allegations, Speaker Om Birla said he had no choice, Gandhi claimed.
“So the entire Parliament house was shut, I was not allowed to reply and then at the end of it, because the government was very uncomfortable about the type of questions I asked and about the issues I raised, I was removed from the Parliament.
“Doesn’t matter. This (disqualification) is the biggest gift they could have given me," he said.
He assured the people of Wayanad that his disqualification does not mean that his relationship with the people there, irrespective of whether they support Kerala’s ruling LDF or state opposition UDF, would change.
It will not put on hold the various projects, like use of roads at night, or dampen issues like the buffer zone in the district, he said.
“Even if I am not an MP, I will make sure these things happen in Wayanad," he said.
“In the end, I would like to repeat that my disqualification does not mean anything as far as my relationship with you (people of Wayanad) is concerned. I promise you this disqualification will only deepen my relationship with you," he said at the conclusion of his speech.
Later in a Facebook post, Gandhi said he was “humbled" by the love and affection of the people of Wayanad and that their support has given him the strength to take on the BJP and the RSS “who are hell-bent on undermining the democratic values of our beloved motherland".
“They work to further the vested interests of a few. We fight to protect the interests of crores of our brothers and sisters across India," he said in his post.
Gandhi was disqualified as the MP from Wayanad last month after being convicted and sentenced in a criminal defamation case.
