POLITICAL ROW: Rahul Gandhi’s PM Modi Mimicry Sparks BJP Outrage Over Foreign Policy Remarks

A
f esh
political
co t ove sy
has
e upted
afte
Leade
of
Oppositio
Rahul
Ga dhi
made
sha p
ema ks
about
P ime
Mi iste
Na e d a
Modi
a d
the
gove me t
while
speaki g
o
fo eig
policy
at
a
Co g ess
atio al
co ve tio
i
Delhi.
His
comme ts
have
t igge ed
a
st o g
eactio
f om
the
Bha atiya
Ja ata
Pa ty,
tu i g
the
speech
i to
a othe
flashpoi t
betwee
the
uli g
pa ty
a d
the
oppositio .
Du i g
the
eve t,
Rahul
Ga dhi
c iticised
the
gove me t’s
app oach
to
fo eig
policy
a d
questio ed
the
way
P ime
Mi iste
Modi
i te acts
with
fo eig
leade s.
He
also
mimicked
the
P ime
Mi iste
o
stage
alo gside
Co g ess
leade
Sa deep
Dikshit,
addi g
a
theat ical
eleme t
to
his
c iticism
that
has
ow
become
ce t al
to
the
political
dispute.
Rahul
Ga dhi
fu the
ta geted
U io
Home
Mi iste
Amit
Shah
a d
questio ed
the
political
image
associated
with
him.
I
his
speech,
he
also
accused
sectio s
of
I dia
society
of
behavi g
fea fully
i
the
face
of
what
he
desc ibed
as
political
p essu e.
The
Co g ess
leade
compa ed
the
cu e t
political
atmosphe e
with
I dia’s
st uggle
agai st
B itish
ule
a d
a gued
that
people
should
ot
be
i timidated
while
co f o ti g
what
he
called
a
powe ful
political
fo ce.
His
ema ks
i cluded
st o g
la guage
agai st
the
gove me t
a d
the
Rasht iya
Swayamsevak
Sa gh,
i te sifyi g
the
political
heto ic.
The
BJP
has
objected
st o gly
to
Rahul
Ga dhi’s
comme ts,
pa ticula ly
his
imitatio
of
the
P ime
Mi iste
a d
the
la guage
used
while
discussi g
the
cou t y’s
fo eig
policy.
Pa ty
leade s
a e
expected
to
f ame
the
ema ks
as
dis espectful
to
the
office
of
the
P ime
Mi iste
a d
damagi g
to
the
dig ity
of
political
discou se.
The
co t ove sy
comes
amid
a
al eady
heated
political
atmosphe e
i
Pa liame t,
with
fo eig
policy,
atio al
leade ship
a d
elatio s
with
global
powe s
emai i g
majo
poi ts
of
co f o tatio
betwee
the
gove me t
a d
oppositio .
Rahul
Ga dhi’s
ema ks
have
ow
spa ked
a
wide
debate
ove
political
c iticism,
public
co duct
a d
whethe
mimic y
of
co stitutio al
officeholde s
c osses
the
li e
of
pa liame ta y
deco um.

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