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UP minister challenges Rahul Gandhi to write ‘Vishwavidyalaya’ in Hindi
Uttar Pradesh Energy Minister AK Sharma on Tuesday challenged Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to write 'Vishwavidyalaya' (university) in Hindi, saying he would stop calling him 'Pappu' if he did so. Speaking at…
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Uttar Pradesh Energy Minister AK Sharma on Tuesday challenged Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to write 'Vishwavidyalaya' (university) in Hindi, saying he would stop calling him 'Pappu' if he did so. Speaking at the India Bioenergy and Tech Expo in Noida, Sharma also dared Gandhi to differentiate between a maize field and a sugarcane field, and asked him to state the Hindi full forms of IIT and IIM.
Separately, Sharma said Uttar Pradesh had paused smart meter installations temporarily to educate consumers about the technology. He claimed the state has become the country's largest compressed biogas producer and aims to top the national rankings under the PM Surya Ghar Yojana, inviting investors to tap the state's agricultural and urban waste potential.
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The 'Pappu' jibe is a tired political staple, but this latest challenge exposes more than just the coarsening of public discourse. It reflects a lazy narrative that equates Hindi fluency with patriotism and intelligence, a test that conveniently ignores the multilingual reality of India. The real concern isn't whether Rahul Gandhi can spell 'Vishwavidyalaya' in Devanagari. It is why a minister, charged with power and bioenergy, is spending his time on schoolyard taunts instead of addressing UP's power losses or the 15,000 tonnes of daily waste he himself cited.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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