Manish Tewari (File photo)
NEW DELHI: Congress MP Manish Tewari’s remark terming the recent regime changes in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal and unrest in Philippines a rejection of the politics of entitlement sparked a controversy, with BJP framing it as sign of Congress’s unease over LoP Rahul Gandhi’s politics.BJP’s Amit Malviya latched on to Tewari’s use of words like ‘#nepokids’ in his post on X to say, “Senior Congress neta Manish Tewari, member of G-23 rebel group, takes aim at Rahul Gandhi – the ultimate ‘nepo kid’ of Indian politics (sic).”In his post, Tewari wrote, “The toppling of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in Sri Lanka in July 2023, Sheikh Hasina in Bangladesh in July 2024, K P Sharma Oli in Nepal in Sept 2025 and now protests against Ferdinand Marcos Jr in Philippines have one word written over them – ENTITLEMENT IS NO LONGER ACCEPTABLE TO GEN X, Y, Z.” He also said, “Watch for my piece on ‘The Social Media Trends that toppled or are challenging ‘DYNASTS’. Study #nepokids or #TrillionPesoMarch in the meantime.”BJP turned Tiwary’s remarks into anti-Congress fodder. “Forget Gen Z, even Congress’s own veterans are fed up with his regressive politics. The revolt is now from within,” Malviya said on X.Party spokesperson Sambit Patra said India rejected “nepokid” in 2014, leading Tewari to say that he was being misinterpreted. “Gosh. I just wish that some people would grow up in life. Everything doesn’t have to be dum-bed down to Cong-BJP, he said-she said or targeting X or Y. What’s happening in South Asia and East Asia has serious nat’l security implications.”
