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Congress calls Kiren Rijiju stunt master, he hits back with swimming post
Congress calls Kiren Rijiju stunt master, he hits back with swimming post
Union minister Kiren Rijiju posted a video of himself swimming in an Arunachal river, prompting the Congress party to call him a stunt master and warn against risking his life for social…
Union minister Kiren Rijiju posted a video of himself swimming in an Arunachal river, prompting the Congress party to call him a stunt master and warn against risking his life for social media. Congress's Kerala unit mocked his dive as a frog-style performance and urged him to teach it to Amit Shah and the Cabinet.
Rijiju fired back, saying swimming in Arunachal's gushing rivers requires a different technique, head up and body upright, and that it is child's play for him since childhood. “Mein yahan ka khiladi hun,” he wrote. The exchange is the latest in a series of good-humoured jibes between Rijiju and Rahul Gandhi over fitness and martial arts, including a jiu-jitsu challenge from Gandhi earlier this year.
Indian Opinion Analysis
Hindustan Times and Times Now both report the Congress-Rijiju exchange as a light-hearted political spar over fitness, with neither outlet adopting a pro-government or critical frame. Hindustan Times provides fuller context by quoting Rijiju's river-swimming techniques and the history of jiu-jitsu challenges, while Times Now adds the February Lok Sabha exchange where Gandhi used martial arts as a political metaphor. The uniform straight-reporting stance means no agenda to weigh. What matters: this is the latest in a recurring thread where fitness becomes a proxy for rivalry between the ruling party and the opposition. The next instalment will likely come when Gandhi renews his jiu-jitsu challenge.
Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral
Sources (2): hindustantimes.com (neutral report), timesnownews.com (neutral report)
This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above.
Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources.
