Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Saturday that his party will defeat the BJP in Gujarat in the next election the same way it did in Ayodhya in the recent Lok Sabha polls

Addressing party workers in Ahmedabad, he referred to the BJP losing in the Lok Sabha constituency, which includes Ayodhya, and claimed that the INDIA alliance had defeated the movement started by former BJP chief LK Advani

The BJP lost the Faizabad Lok Sabha constituency, which includes Ayodhya, in the recently concluded Lok Sabha polls

"Together we are going to defeat them in Gujarat. We will defeat Narendra Modi and BJP in Gujarat just like we defeated them in Ayodhya," Rahul Gandhi said

Congress will win Gujarat, and from the state it will make a new start, he said

Referring to the Pran Pratishtha ceremony at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya in January this year, Raul Gandhi claimed that no poor person was visible at the event

The Congress leader arrived in Ahmedabad earlier in the day to meet party workers and victims of the Rajkot Gaming Zone tragedy

Members of the Bajrang Dal staged a protest against Rahul Gandhi's remarks pertaining to Hinduism during his speech in the Lok Sabha. The protesters were detained by the Gujarat Police