Barack Obama, Rahul Gandhi (right)
Key points
- ‘Think twice before evaluating our leader otherwise …’ said Chowdhury
- “He has a nervous and reportable quality about him,” Obama wrote of Rahul Gandhi.
- Obama’s comments about Gandhi in his memoirs drew severe criticism for both him and Gandhi’s scion.
New Delhi: After news spread that Congressional Leader Rahul Gandhi found a mention in former US President Barrack Obama’s book, Lok Sabha Congressional Leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury is the latest to attack Obama for his “rude comments. “.
On Twitter, Chowdhury urged the former US president to interact with Gandhi “on any relevant topic in the world, whether physically or virtually, before releasing rude comments so that you have a chance to notice the traits and attributes of a personality before making rude comments. “
“Think twice before evaluating our leader, otherwise he would have landed in the universe of ignorance, don’t get confused by the dazzling artificial light and shed the ‘frog in the well’ mentality,” Chowdhury said.
Barack Obama in his memoirs ‘A promised land’ he described Rahul Gandhi as “a student who had done the course work and was eager to impress the teacher, but deep down lacked the aptitude or passion to master the subject.” He has “a nervous and reportable quality about him,” Obama wrote.
Excerpts from Obama’s memoirs were mentioned by Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in her book review published in The New York Times.
Obama’s comments on Gandhi in his memoirs drew severe criticism from both him and Gandhi’s scion from all of India’s political parties. Several ruling party leaders and political analysts have criticized the former head of Congress for the newly discovered comments in Obama’s book, while loyalists have condemned the remarks, with one even calling for ‘unfollowing Barack Obama’ on Twitter.
Congress Secretary General Randeep Surjewala lashed out at the media for executing a “sponsored agenda” against Rahul Gandhi and refused to “acknowledge such comments.
