Cong leaders praise its party prez for ‘game-changing’ speech

| | New Delhi

Congress leaders hailed their party chief Rahul Gandhi for a “game-changing speech” during the no-confidence motion in Parliament on Friday and appreciated the gesture shown by him in ‘hugging’ the Prime Minister in the midst of the ongoing debate in Lok Sabh. Rahul received praise for his speech and hug to PM from other political leaders too outside the Parliament. 

Congress leaders took to social media to hail their president and to attack the BJP and the Modi Government. “What an astonishing performance by @RahulGandhi. It was a game-changing speech, tearing apart the Govt’s claims & ending with that unscripted hug that has literally taken the BJP’s breath away #BhukampAaGaya,” Congress leader Shashi Tharoor tweeted.

The social media platform saw several tweets about Rahul Gandhi’s speech getting hashtagged with ‘bhukamp’ or earthquake, linking a statement made by the Congress leader in 2016 after demonetisation that people will see an ‘earthquake’ if the BJP leaders allow him to speak in Parliament.

Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia said, “It (hug) was not scripted. It was on the spur of the moment.” The party spokesperson Randeep Surjewala asked why the BJP was shaken and why was there so much anger in the saffron party.

“Why isn’t the seedling of love growing. Why so much hatred for Rahul Gandhi and Congress. The PM should have thought that even after being junior to him, the way he (Rahul) showed respect, he should have at least thanked him for that,” Surjewala said, referring to Rahul’s hug.

“Be it Giriraj Singh, or Harsimrat Kaur, or Kiron Kher or Smriti Irani or BJP’s official troll spokesperson, I have only one thing to say — Raghupathi Raghav Raja Ram, Aapko bhi sanmati de bhagwan,” he said.

Rajya Sabha member and AAP leader Sanjay Singh said that Rahul was at his best in his speech in Lok Sabha and he raised the issues such as unemployment, hatred, poor economic state of affairs concerning the Indian mass today, after four years completion of Modi Government.