Congress MP Manickam Tagore Equates RSS with Al-Qaeda, Calls Digvijaya's Praise a "Self-Goal"

• Congress MP Manickam Tagore controversially equated the RSS with Al-Qaeda, stating both are built on and spread hatred.
• Tagore criticized Digvijaya Singh's praise for RSS's organizational strength as a "famous self-goal" for the Congress party.
• Singh had shared an old photo of Narendra Modi, highlighting RSS's organizational power in allowing grassroots workers to rise.
• Tagore emphasized that the 140-year-old Congress, transformed by Mahatma Gandhi, should be the model for unity, not organizations of hatred.
• Digvijaya Singh later clarified he praised only the RSS's structure, not its ideology, while BJP criticized Congress's internal functioning.

Why It Matters: Congress MP Manickam Tagore sparked controversy by equating RSS with Al-Qaeda, criticizing a party colleague.