Tamils are being 'killed' as they don't toe RSS line: Rahul Gandhi

CHENNAI: Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday claimed that Tamils are being killed as they refused to "bow" to the ideology of the RSS.

In an apparent connection with the anti-copper plant violence at Tuticorin the previous day wherein 10 other people have been killed in police firing, Gandhi said he was once with the Tamil other people.

Violence continued for the second one day lately and a man was once killed in police firing.

"Tamils are being killed since they refuse to bow to the ideology of the RSS. The feelings of the Tamil people can never be trampled by the bullets of the RSS and Modi. We are with you Tamil brothers and sisters #SterliteProtest," he said in a tweet in Tamil.

தமிழர்கள் படுகொலை செய்யப்படுகின்றனர், ஏனென்றால் அவர்கள் ஆர் எஸ்.எஸ் சித்தாந்தத்திற்கு அடிபணிய மறுக்கின்றனர். ஆர்.… https://t.co/GTR5nvdD1K

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) 1527051565000

The Congress chief had in a tweet the previous day said that the gunning down of other people is a "brutal example of state sponsored terrorism".

The gunning down via the police of 9 other people within the #SterliteProtest in Tamil Nadu, is a brutal example of state spon… https://t.co/q8kDAK8bYf

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) 1526992771000

"These citizens were murdered for protesting against injustice," he wrote.