Kollam (Kerala), March 6 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Friday that politics and international relations in the current times were "heading towards darkness" and away from knowledge.
Gandhi, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, further stated that there was no attempt to understand the other person, whether in politics or international relations, and violence was resorted to over disagreements.
"Today, we see in our politics and international relations that everyone is heading towards darkness and away from knowledge. There is no attempt to understand the other person; you just bomb and kill them."
"This is the same in our politics. If you don't agree with someone, you attack that person or become violent towards them," he alleged.
He was speaking at an event here commemorating the centenary of a meeting between Mahatma Gandhi and reformer Sree Narayana Guru.
He said that both Gandhi and Narayana Guru were against such violence and advocated love, respect, forgiveness, and understanding between people.