#The Congress showcased Rahul Gandhi as its face of future in November 2007 at its plenary session in Delhi's Talkatora Stadium. Those who were expecting him to deliver a speech like his father Rajiv Gandhi did 22 years earlier in 1985 - on the centenary of the Congress - returned home disappointed. Rahul's speech was abstract devoid of politics. Sample this: "What, after all, is poverty," Rahul Gandhi asked a delegation of about 3000 Congress workers before answering, "A poor person is one who is denied the opportunity to become rich." - / - / - / ##Referring to the MoU signed between the Congress and the Chinese ruling party CPC, Patra claimed that the MoU was signed to build relationship between the “Nehru Gandhi family in particular” and the China’s ruling party. - / - / - / ### “This MoU was signed by the then Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi and the then CPC general secretary Xi Jinping, in presence of the then Congress president Sonia Gandhi to consult each other on bilateral, international and regional issues. Will the Congress leader explain it,” asked the BJP spokesperson. - / - / Is it too late for Indian communists to learn from the heritage of Indian socialists? They can likewise seek to indigenize themselves, and perhaps even adopt the ‘socialist’ label. To the 21st-century mind, the word ‘communist’ is indelibly associated with tyranny and authoritarianism. On the other hand, the word ‘socialist’ is more benign. True, it has currently been misappropriated by a family firm run by Yadavs in Uttar Pradesh. But it may be worth the effort to recapture the label, and rework it to more worthy ends. / - / - /
# OPINION : Wednesday, July 01, 2020. 7:36. PM. : 2210. 1. #How Rahul Gandhi became 'Pappu' of politics : July 23, 2018 : Prabhash K Dutta : India Today : Media Report. #Pappu became the name to mock Rahul Gandhi in the run up to 2014 Lok Sabha elections. After the electoral defeat of the Congress, many party leaders too referred to him as Pappu. *Congress president Rahul Gandhi is often mocked as "Pappu" by his political rivals and on social media. (Photo: PTI) HIGHLIGHTS : #PappuCII was top Twitter trend in India in April 2013 #Amit Shah referred to Rahul Gandhi as Pappu in October 2013 #In July 2014, a Congress leader wrote to Sonia mentioning Pappu Taking a swipe at the BJP and its leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress president Rahul Gandhi has referred to himself as "Pappu" on a few occasions in recent months to drive a point that he represented a polite and civilised face of politics unlike the ruling party. But the word has stuck
