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Rahul Gandhi calls BJP-RSS 'jokers,' mocks Modi's hug-based foreign policy
A big leader from India gave a speech in New Delhi.
His name is Rahul Gandhi, and he is the leader of the Congress party in India's parliament.
In his speech, he called some people in the government a 'bunch of jokers.'
He said they do not understand India.
He also made fun of the Prime Minister's way of talking to other countries, saying it was all about hugging leaders, and hugged another leader on stage to show what he meant.
He said a group called the RSS is no longer its old self and has become a tool of two very rich businessmen.
He talked about students who were protesting at a place called Jantar Mantar, saying the government wanted them to follow orders while the students wanted to express themselves freely.
He said the Congress party will keep asking the Prime Minister and the Home Minister to quit their jobs until they do.
Leaders on the other side said his words were just silly drama and that running India needs grown-up leadership.
Rahul Gandhi, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, called the BJP-RSS a 'bunch of jokers' with no understanding of India at the Rachnatmak Congress National Convention in New Delhi.
Gandhi mocked PM Modi's foreign policy as being 'based on hugs' and hugged Rachnatmak Congress chief Sandeep Dikshit on stage to demonstrate his point.
He claimed the RSS is dead as an original force and has become an 'instrument of large capital — Mr Adani and Mr Ambani,' saying Modi is a 'servant of Mr Adani.'
Gandhi backed students at Jantar Mantar, saying the government wanted 'order' while students wanted to express themselves, and pledged to keep PM Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah awake until they resign, without hate or violence.
BJP Education Minister Pralhad Joshi hit back, saying Gandhi is 'out of your depth' and that running India requires 'mature leadership, not amateur dramatics.'
- Who
- Rahul Gandhi, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, targeting PM Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, and the BJP-RSS; BJP Education Minister Pralhad Joshi responded.
- What
- Gandhi called the BJP-RSS a 'bunch of jokers,' mocked Modi's foreign policy as all about hugging leaders, and claimed the RSS has become an 'instrument of large capital — Mr Adani and Mr Ambani.'
- Where
- Rachnatmak Congress National Convention, New Delhi.
- When
- Thursday, August 13.
- Why
- Gandhi said the fight is between those who impose 'order' and those who want to express themselves, and pledged to keep pressure on the government until Modi and Shah resign.
Rahul Gandhi / Congress
BJP / Government
The 'bunch of jokers' jibe
Rahul Gandhi / Congress
Gandhi called the BJP-RSS a 'bunch of jokers' and 'clowns' with no understanding of India, its philosophy, or its history, who impose an order that benefits them and large capital.
BJP / Government
Joshi said Gandhi is 'out of your depth' and that running India requires 'mature leadership, not amateur dramatics'; insulting the PM mocks millions of voters who chose Modi for three historic terms.
Foreign policy
Rahul Gandhi / Congress
Gandhi said it is 'ingrained in Modi's mind' that foreign policy is about hugging leaders, and claimed India missed a chance to mediate in a US-Iran conflict because Pakistan stepped in while Modi 'just stood by watching.'
BJP / Government
Joshi defended the public mandate, saying voters rejected Gandhi's 'dynastic politics' and 'negative narrative,' and that Gandhi faces 'almost a 100 electoral defeats.'
Jantar Mantar student protests
Rahul Gandhi / Congress
Gandhi said students at Jantar Mantar wanted to express themselves while the government demanded 'order,' arguing that the BJP-RSS political philosophy is to impose an order on India that benefits them and certain other people.
BJP / Government
According to Gandhi, the government's stance was 'we want order and you cannot express yourselves' at Jantar Mantar, refusing to allow the students to protest.
Key facts
- Speaker
- Rahul Gandhi, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha
- Event
- Rachnatmak Congress National Convention
- Location and date
- New Delhi, Thursday, August 13
- Main targets
- BJP-RSS, PM Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah
- Foreign policy remark
- Called Modi's foreign policy 'based on hugs' and hugged Sandeep Dikshit on stage to demonstrate
- Key claim on RSS
- The RSS as an original force is dead and is now an 'instrument of large capital — Mr Adani and Mr Ambani'
- Meloni exchange
- Sandeep Dikshit's question about Italian PM Giorgia Meloni was slammed by social media users as misogynist; Gandhi replied 'I have not reached there yet'
- BJP response
- Education Minister Pralhad Joshi said Gandhi is 'out of your depth' and that running India requires 'mature leadership, not amateur dramatics'
Quotes
Pralhad Joshi
BJP Education Minister
“"Till the day Prime Minister Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah don't give their resignations, they will not be able to sleep, we will keep them awake…we will do it without hate, violence."”
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“"Imagine the ignorance…where did he get the idea that foreign policy was about hugging leaders," he said.”
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