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Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday accused the RSS and the BJP of trying to centralise power, while asserting that his party believes in decentralisation.

Speaking at a Mahapanchayat of newly elected Congress local body members here, he said the Congress brought the 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments to strengthen the three-tier Panchayati Raj system.

Gandhi stressed that protecting the Constitution means protecting decentralised governance at the grassroots level.

He said noted Malayalam writer M Leelavathi had warned him about a growing culture of silence spreading across the country.

Accusing the BJP, he said it wants people to remain silent so that a few corporates can control the nation's assets.

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The Leader of Oppostion in the Lok Sabha asserted with certainty that the people of Kerala cannot be silenced and will speak out through elections.