Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Friday mocked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, dismissing his public image as “showmanship” with no real “substance”.
Speaking at Congress’ OBC Leadership—‘Bhagidari Nyay Mahasammelan’—on Friday, he posed a rhetorical question to the audience saying “you know what the real problem is in politics?”
To this someone responded with PM Modi’s name.
“The media has simply blown it out of proportion, I have met him. It’s all just showmanship, no substance,” he said.
This is not the first time that Rahul has targeted PM Modi over his public image.
Last month, while highlighting the failures of several schemes, including ‘Make in India,’ he said that PM Modi was more about “catchy slogans” than delivering real solutions to economic challenges.
The BJP hit out at Congress and Rahul Gandhi for his remarks and also “levelling absurd allegations” on Election Commission for conducting Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, suggesting that it reflect their “mindset” of recognising constitutional bodies on the basis “of whether they won the elections or not.”
Party spokesman Sudhanshu Trivedi also reflected on PM Modi surpassing Indira Gandhi and becoming the second-longest-serving PM of India in consecutive terms.
“PM Narendra Modi has completed 4078 consecutive days of his tenure. Surpassing Indira Gandhi’s record, after Jawaharlal Nehru, he has become the longest-serving PM. His tenure is marked with golden chapters of development,” he said.
“PM Narendra Modi is a PM who was elected through a public mandate. Whereas, when Indira ji and Nehru ji became the PMs for the first time, it was not through a public mandate but due to the situation,” he added.
PM Modi is the first non-Congress PM to mark this achievement.
He is also the first PM born after Independence and the longest-serving PM from a non-Hindi speaking state.
