Published 10:47 IST, November 13th 2020
BJP reacts on Barack Obama's 'nervous student' barb for Rahul Gandhi in new memoir
BJP leaders Amit Malviya and Kiren Rijiju on Friday took a jibe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi after the release of Barack Obama's new book
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BJP leers Amit Malviya and Kiren Rijiju on Friday took a jibe at Congress leer Rahul Gandhi after release of former US President Barack Obama's new book. Rahul Gandhi faced a stinging critique from Obama in his new book- 'A Promised Land' which hit bookshelves, earlier this week. 44th US President has opined on Gandhi and former PM Dr. Manmohan Singh.
Taking to Twitter, BJP leer shared quotes and excerpts from book which mentioned that Rahul Gandhi was 'er' but 'lacked aptitude or passion'.
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Congress has been in a leership dilemma since Rahul Gandhi quit as party chief in post-Lok Sabha 2019 debacle. This led to a barr of resignations from posts like Milind Deora, Jyotiritya Scindia, Priyanka Chaturvedi and many more. Amidst a lot of turmoil with Priyanka Vra too being considered, Congress finally went back to ir safe option and named Sonia Gandhi as its interim chief. Recently, her tenure was again extended after 23 leers sought structural changes in party, but were shut down by party's 'Core committee'. Most leers have time and again implored 50-year-old Rahul Gandhi to take back reigns of party, but he has t budged.
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Obama on Rahul Gandhi
According to a book review by New York Times, Obama has opined on Wayan MP Rahul Gandhi stating, "Rahul Gandhi has a nervous, unformed quality about him, as if he were a student who’d done coursework and was er to impress teacher but deep down lacked eir aptitude or passion to master subject”. He has also opined on Dr. Singh as 'someone having a kind of impassive integrity'. Apart from se Indian politicians, Obama has reportedly described Russsian President Vlimir Putin reminding him of ' street-smart bosses who used to run Chicago at one point in time'.
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BJP leers mock Barack Obama's 'nervous' student analogy for Rahul Gandhi in his memoir
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10:47 IST, November 13th 2020