"He (Rahul Gandhi) has a vision contrary to what BJP promotes by spending crores of rupees. I must tell you, he is no Pappu. He is highly educated, well-read, a strategist with deep thinking on any subject and sometimes it is not very easy to understand him," Pitroda said.
In an article, the Bangladeshi journalist stated that the Congress party deliberately never called Sonia Gandhi by her original name. He also called Sonia Gandhi a 'mafia queen' and a 'Pakistani ISI asset' who has been carrying out her 'activities' in India.
Smriti Irani criticised Rahul Gandhi’s earlier temple politics, suggesting his recent focus on caste issues is a tactical move to gain media coverage after his previous efforts failed.
The Telangana government scrapped the Dalit Bandhu scheme days after Rahul Gandhi ratcheted up caste rhetorics by caste profiling beauty contest winners.
Rahul Gandhi has been meticulously walking a tightrope—projecting himself as a Hindu leader while also appeasing his core vote bank that harbours deep disdain for idolatry and pictorial representation of Gods.
There are 39 members listed in the recent CWC composition, out of which at least 25 belong to the General category or Upper Caste including Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, P. Chidambaram, and Abhishek Manu Singhvi.
Rahul Gandhi said, "...I checked the list of Miss India to see if there would be any Dalit or tribal woman in it, but there was no women from Dalit, tribal or OBC. Still the media talks about dance, music, cricket, Bollywood but does not talk about farmers and labourers,"