Rahul’s caution as chaiwallah jibe backfires

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday told party spokespersons that they should refrain from making personal attacks on opposition leaders — instead, the focus should be on questioning their record. Mr. Gandhi said this after Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Rajiv Shukla, followed by Rajya Sabha MP — and former Planning Commission member — Bhalchandra Mungekar criticised senior party leader and Rajya Sabha MP Mani Shankar Aiyar — without naming him — for mocking the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate, in a remark that has since proved counterproductive for the Congress, with Narendra Modi successfully exploiting it to earn sympathy for himself.

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