'Obama living in an earlier era': Udit Raj attempts damage control over Rahul mention

Senior Congress leer Dr. Udit Raj on Friday opined that former US president Barack Obama me a mistake in judging Rahul Gandhi from his short meeting. Maintaining that it was t possible to gauge personality of any person in 5 to 10 minutes, Raj reckoned that Obama is "living in an earlier era". According to him, it takes years to understand people due to ir complexity.

To buttress his point, former Lok Sabha MP stated that it took years to see through alleged 'lies' of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Meanwhile, Congress communications in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala refused to comment on Obama's reference to Gandhi in book 'A Promised Land'. In an indirect reference to period where ex-US President Richard Nixon me uncharitable remarks about former PM Indira Gandhi, he recalled that Congress party and n government continued to work in "national interest" and would follow same policy w.

Writing on Twitter, Congress' Dr. Udit Raj ted, "Obama formed an opinion about Rahul Gandhi after meeting him for a very short while. Obama is living in an earlier era where it was possible to judge people immediately. w, we cant re people for years as y have become complex. For example, it took so many years to understand lies of PM Modi and it might take more time too."

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Obama's remarks on Rahul Gandhi

As per book review by New York Times, Obama has opined on 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”. observation about Wayan MP comes at a juncture when leership crisis in Congress party has come to fore. After Rahul Gandhi stepped down as Congress president post party's drubbing in 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Rae Bareli MP Sonia Gandhi again took charge of party.

In a letter dressed to Congress president Sonia Gandhi in August, 23 senior party leers observed that uncertainly over leership and drift in party have weakened Congress and demoralized workers. letter reportedly mentioned many suggestions such as need for a full-time leership available at national and state hequarters, conducting elections at all levels including Congress Working Committee and state level, formation of an Independent Election Authority, and institutional leership mechanism to guide party's revival. Despite high-octane drama at  CWC meeting, it was decided that Sonia Gandhi will continue as interim president at least until next AICC session is convened. 

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