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Rahul Gandhi’s hug jibe at Modi’s foreign policy sparks row
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has sparked a political firestorm by mocking Prime Minister Narendra Modi's foreign policy as a 'hugging' exercise during a party convention. Gandhi hugged party colleague Sandeep Dikshit on…
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Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has sparked a political firestorm by mocking Prime Minister Narendra Modi's foreign policy as a 'hugging' exercise during a party convention. Gandhi hugged party colleague Sandeep Dikshit on stage to illustrate his point, with Dikshit quipping if he was being mistaken for Italian PM Giorgia Meloni. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma led the BJP's charge, accusing the Congress of crossing 'every line of decency' by making objectionable remarks about a woman head of state.
BJP spokesperson CR Kesavan called it a 'shameful stunt' reflecting 'third-rate, filthy politics'. RJD MP Manoj Kumar Jha defended the political message but called Dikshit's remark 'inappropriate and indecent'. The exchange highlights the growing acrimony in political discourse even as both parties escalate personal attacks over foreign policy.
The Indian Opinion
The outrage over Rahul Gandhi's hug-and-jibe routine is convenient tunnel vision. Both sides talk past each other. The BJP frames it as an insult to a woman head of state, but ignores that Gandhi aimed at the substance of hugging as diplomacy, not at Meloni personally. Congress, meanwhile, pretends the objectionable follow-up by Sandeep Dikshit never happened. The real test is simple: will either party offer a concrete foreign policy alternative, or just trade staged insults?
Source: hindustantimes.com
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