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Rahul Gandhi mocks Modi’s foreign policy, Congress convention hits back
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi mocked the government's foreign policy at a party convention in Delhi on Thursday, in a video that has gone viral. Gandhi hugged colleague Sandeep Dixit on stage and…
The Story in Brief
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi mocked the government's foreign policy at a party convention in Delhi on Thursday, in a video that has gone viral. Gandhi hugged colleague Sandeep Dixit on stage and said, "I don't know where they got the idea that hugging is foreign policy." Dixit then asked, "You didn't think I was Meloni, did you?", referring to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, as the hall erupted in laughter. Gandhi also said he would defend the RSS if its freedom of expression were attacked, but accused the organisation of now serving corporate interests under Narendra Modi.
The BJP condemned the remarks as vulgar and unbecoming of a Leader of Opposition. BJP MP Bandi Sanjay Kumar called the remark against Meloni and Modi "filthy" and "disgusting."
The Indian Opinion
Rahul Gandhi's skit mixes genuine political satire with a dig at Modi's bear-hug diplomacy, but the Meloni reference feels needlessly crude and distracts from the real critique. The BJP's outrage is predictable, yet Congress cannot claim the high ground when its leader stoops to personal jokes about a foreign head of government. The real test is whether either side can debate India's actual foreign policy successes, like the Israel-Hamas balancing act or Quad ties, without resorting to schoolyard theatrics. Who will ask a substantive question about the Maldives pivot or the Russia oil deal?
Sources (4): aajtak.in, aajtak.in (2), aajtak.in (3), bazaar.businesstoday.in
This story was synthesised by AI from the 4 sources linked above.
