New Delhi, Aug. 13 -- Noting that the Congress and other opposition parties have now started "expressing themselves and it is unstoppable now", Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday hit out at the BJP-led government, saying the opposition parties will keep Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah "awake" till they step down and "the battle is for the country's ethos and culture".

Addressing the Ratchnatmak Congress National Convention here, Rahul Gandhi said also slammed the government over Pakistan's mediatory role in the West Asia crisis and said India could have "stepped in" as it is friends with the countries involved.

He alleged that BJP's "political philosophy is to impose an order on India that benefits them an...