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Rahul Gandhi names Amarinder Singh his favourite BJP politician
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi named former Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh as his favourite BJP politician during an Instagram Ask Me Anything session with students and Gen Z users. Gandhi said…
The Story in Brief
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi named former Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh as his favourite BJP politician during an Instagram Ask Me Anything session with students and Gen Z users. Gandhi said he gets along with Singh, called him “cool” and praised his knowledge of military history. He ended the response by greeting him as “Amarinder uncle”.
Singh was a longtime Congress leader and served as Punjab chief minister twice before leaving the party, forming the Punjab Lok Congress and later joining the BJP. Gandhi also joked that nobody had seen him and Batman in the same room. On education, he said the system was failing to produce independent thinkers and called it expensive and oppressive.
The Indian Opinion
The easy narrative is that Gandhi’s answer signals a political rapprochement, while the opposing lazy take is that it was merely a publicity stunt. The available facts support neither conclusion. It was a personal answer in a youth-focused social media session, alongside jokes and criticism of education policy. The useful test is whether this warmth leads to any public cooperation or policy agreement between Gandhi and Singh.
Sources (2): timesnownews.com, hindustantimes.com
This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above.
Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources.
