Former Congress MLA Indranil Rajguru compares Rahul Gandhi with Mahatma Gandhi
Updated: May 3rd, 2024
As Lok Sabha elections are just four days away in Gujarat, yet another politician embroiled himself in a controversy, as a former Rajkot MLA compared Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to Mahatma Gandhi.
While campaigning for Rajkot Congress LS candidate Paresh Dhanani at a public event in Rajkot, Indranil Rajguru reportedly said, “Mark my words, if there will be another Mahatma Gandhi in this country, it will be Rahul Gandhi.”
“Rahul Gandhi is a completely honest and genuine man, but he was labelled as pappu,” he added, comparing him to the Mahatma.
After his statement, he clarified standing firm by saying, “What I said is written in history that Gandhiji contributed his skills to this nation, and now Rahul Gandhi is doing the same.”
Responding to the backlash, he said that those who used to defame Mahatma Gandhi were worried about derogatory remarks about Gandhiji.
Who is Indranil Rajguru?
Indranil Rajguru is a former Congress MLA from Rajkot east constituency who was elected in 2012. In 2022, he joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for a few months and returned to Congress ahead of the 2022 Assembly elections.
During the Lok Sabha elections in 2017, he was defeated by the BJP's Vijay Rupani in the Rajkot west constituency.
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