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Rahul Gandhi's Twitter accont @OfficeOfRG has been doing rounds on the internet with his quirky jibes, movie references and non-stop attacks on the government (Also over allegations of role of bots behind the popularity surge).
On October 26, the Congress vice-president took another pot shot at Arun Jaitley on the micro-blogging site, this time with a rhyme in colloquial Hindi.
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi was at his wittiest best on Twitter, again. The target too was the same. Taking potshots at the Finance Minister, Gandhi tweeted,”Dr Jaitley, the economy is in the ICU because of the note ban and the GST.”
It followed a couplet, "Aap kehtey hai aap kissi sey kum nahi/ magar aapki dava mein dum nahi (You claim you are no less than others, but your medicines have no strength)."
From Sholay To Star Wars: Rahul's Variety of Filmy Digs
Earlier on October 25, Rahul Gandhi proved that his movie references range from Ramgarh to Star Wars, quoting the famous lines of Death Star to hit out at Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.
The Gandhi scion tweeted, “Dear Mr. Jaitley, May the Farce be with you” in response to Jaitley’s press conference on October 24, in which he claimed “India has been the world’s fastest growing economy for the last three years and the government is working to sustain a high growth rate.”
He tweaked the famous Star Wars quote: May the force be with you, with force becoming farce.
This jibe came a day after Jaitley retorted to Gandhi’s barb on the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime, which the Congress leader had likened to a Bollywood villain.
"Those who are used to the 2G scam and the coal scam will naturally have objections to a legitimate tax programme,” Jaitley said.
Also read: Jaitley Hits Back at Rahul Calling GST ‘Gabbar Singh Tax’
Rahul, while campaigning in Gujarat, had dubbed the GST "Gabbar Singh Tax", referring to the famous villain from the 1975 blockbuster 'Sholay'.
Indian Politics and Star Wars
Gandhi may have used too many Bollywood references to target the NDA, but he is definitely not the first Jedi of Indian politics.
If you remember Narendra Modi’s first visit to the US after becoming the Prime Minister in 2014, during his speech in New York’s Central Park, he famously used the ‘may the force be with you’ greeting to address the Indian diaspora there, while standing next to actor Hugh Jackman.
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