Have made my decision, will reply when polls are held: Rahul Gandhi on being Congress chief

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said he has made his decision on whether he will become the next party president and asserted that he will give his reasons if he does not contestThe former Congress president also hit back at the BJP over its Parivar Bachao remark saying the yatra is being undertaken to undo the damage done by the BJPRSS of spreading hatred in the countrySpeaking to the media during the Bharat Jodo Yatra which started from Kanyakumari on Thursday Gandhi said he is not leading the yatra and is only participating in itI will get some understanding about myself and this beautiful country from yatra and in these twothree months I will be a little wiser he told reporters leaving everyone in splitsIve made my decision Im very clear and Ill reply when Congress president election takes place he said responding to questions on whether he will lead the Congress once againIt will become very clear whether I become president or not when the party elections take place Please wait for that day Gandhi saidIf I dont contest the Congress president election you can ask me and Ill reply why I did not he told reportersRahul Gandhi had resigned as the Congress president in 2019 taking moral responsibility for the partys poll drubbing in the Lok Sabha elections Sonia Gandhi was appointed as the interim Congress president after Rahul Gandhu refused to withdraw his resignationNominations for the Congress presidents election will begin on September 24 and will end on September 30 and in case of a contest the election will be held on October 17 and the counting on October 19Also Read Nanded to be first stop in Maharashtra for Rahul Gandhirsquos Bharat Jodo YatraRahul Gandhi said he was not leading the yatra Bharat Jodo Yatra from Kanyakumari to Kashmir and was only participating in itHe also said it is the responsibility of everyone in the Opposition to work for the countryEverybody has an opinion BJP has one RSS has its opinion They are free to have For us Congress this is a journey and an attempt at understanding what is going on in India and an attempt at undoing the damages that have been done by BJP and RSS Gandhi said when asked to comment on BJPs Parivar Bachao remarkThe idea of this yatra is to connected to the people understand what they are facing and also to communicate with them This padyatra is against the damage that the BJP and the RSS has done by spreading hatred in the country he saidGandhi said there are two ideologies in the country and the battle between them is going on for a thousand yearsThis battle will continueWe are playing our role we will continue to play our roleHe alleged that the BJP has taken control of all institutions in the country and has inserted its people every where He said the BJP was pressuring those who are against itThey pressure those who are against them We are used to fighting political parties Now the fight is not between parties and it is now between structure of Indian state and the opposition It is not an easy fight and a lot of people do not want to fight he told reportersGandhi is undertaking a 3570km yatra to connect with people across the country while seeking to strengthen the Congress party which has suffered successive electoral defeats in the last few yearsThe BJP has termed it a Parivar Bachao yatra claiming it is aimed at saving the Gandhi family which is facing corruption charges in the National Herald case Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi have already been questioned by the ED in the case