New Delhi: Soon after Amit Malviya, BJP’s IT Cell chief tweeted video of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi at a night club in Nepal, the Congress clarified the video as party spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said Rahul Gandhi went to Nepal on an invitation to attend a wedding of a friend.
By chance, the friend also happens to be a journalist, Surjewala said. Last I checked, having a family in this country and having friends, attending marriage and engagement ceremonies is a matter of our culture and civilisation.
It has still not become a crime in this country to be married, to be friends with someone or to attend their marriage celebration. Maybe after today, Prime Minister Modi or the BJP may decide that it is illegal to attend a marriage. They may say it is a crime to have friends or participate in family functions, he said.
The Congress sought to equate Gandhi’s visit to Modi’s impromptu stopover in Pakistan in 2015.
Rahul Gandhi has not gone to Pakistan as an uninvited guest like PM Modi did to cut a cake with Nawaz Sharif. We all know what happens in Pathankot soon after that meeting, said Surjewala, referring to the terror attack at the Air Force base in Pathankot. Rahul Gandhi has gone to a friendly country Nepal to participate in a private marriage function of a friend. By chance, the friend also happens to be a journalist.
According to reports, Rahul Gandhi attended a party at Sumnina Udas’s wedding. Sumnima, a former CNN correspondent, is getting married to Nima Martin Sherpa. The marriage function was planned for Tuesday and a reception will be held later today at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Bauddha. Sunmina Das’s father had served as Nepal’s ambassador to Myanmar.
Meanwhile, Vacation, Party, Holiday, Pleasure Trip, Private Foreign Visit etc are nothing new to the nation now… Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju tweeted.
Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra has come in support of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi after the BJP sought to create a political row tweeting a video of Rahul Gandhi partying in Nepal. “How on earth is it anybody’s business whether @RahulGandhi or anybody else is in nightclub or at wedding in private time?, the Trinamool MP tweeted.
Bollywood actor Swara Bhasker reacted to a tweet on Rahul Gandhi, saying: FOMO of Godi media is high!!”.
Bangladesh author Taslima Nasreen tweeted, Nothing is wrong if a politician goes to a nightclub. It is much better than watching pornography in the parliament.