New Delhi: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday criticised Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, calling him a “comedy king” who is trying to remain in the spotlight. “Rahul Gandhi is indulging in what he does best — Stand-up comedy! His malicious claims and rants have crumbled under the weight of comprehensive investigation every time. Playing the role of a pawn to perfection, he yet again attempts to mislead despite his misinformation campaigns failing to cut ice with the people of India,” Pradhan said in an X post.
Pradhan’s comments came after protests by opposition party leaders, including Gandhi, in the Parliament complex. Gandhi also staged a mock ‘interview’ on the matter, with Congress members donning masks of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and industrialist Gautam Adani.
Pradhan calls Gandhi ‘desperate comedy king’
Pradhan continued his criticism of the Congress leader, saying, ” Electoral verdicts since 2014 are a thundering testament that there are absolutely no takers for his stale, recycled propaganda. Such a clumsily crafted hit job is another desperate attempt by the comedy king to remain relevant.”
Gandhi asked the Congress member wearing the Adani mask about why Parliament was not being allowed to function. In response, the Congress MP (posing as Adani) replied, “We’ll have to ask Amit bhai… that man is missing.”
Rijiju slams Rahul Gandhi
Slamming Gandhi, Union minister Kiren Rijiju took to X (formerly Twitter) and said, “Instead of doing tamasha and wasting the public money, Congress should introspect as to why people are not taking ‘Balak Buddhi’ seriously”. He also shared separate pictures on X of Gautam Adani meeting Robert Vadra, Telangana CM Revanth Reddy and former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot. “If Congress leaders want to destroy India to defeat PM Modi ji, they will fail. India will defeat the anti-India forces and their associates,” the parliamentary affairs minister said.
