Hyderabad, April 26 -- Noting that the Congress felt "trapped and isolated" some years ago due to new aggressive politics based on the idea "to crush the opposition", party leader Rahul Gandhi has said that there is need to place the idea of "love and affection" to disrupt those "who spread hate".

Addressing the Bharat Summit 2025 here on Saturday, Rahul Gandhi said he went on Bharat Jodo Yatra as "our avenues were compromised and the general atmosphere, did not allow us to operate the way we would like".

Rahul Gandhi, who is the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, said that democratic politics has fundamentally changed across the globe.

He spoke of personal transformation during the yatra and said "true antidote to hatred is not co...