The senior Congress leader seemed to have confused Rahul with Rajiv Gandhi.
Even as talks continue about Rahul Gandhi’s ascending as head of Congress, senior leader Digvijaya Singh, one of Rahul’s foremost cheerleaders, made a major gaffe on Twitter. The man who had once made news for using the honorific ‘ji’ for dreaded terrorist Osama Bin Laden, calling him Osamaji, erroneously tweeted suggesting that Rahul Gandhi was Prime Minister. The Congress leader was posting a video by former Congress MP Rajkumari Ratna Singh on Twitter, when he described her as the daughter of the late Dinesh Singh and a member of ‘Indira and Rahul Gandhi’s cabinet’.
He wrote on Twitter: "Rajkumari Ratna Singh ex MP is the daughter of Raja Dinesh Singh ji who was a Cabinet Minister in Indira Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi Cabinet.” The Congress leader meant to write Rajiv Gandhi but alert Twitterati had already noticed his gaffe and didn’t waste any time in trolling him! He later tweeted: “Rajkumari Ratna Singh ex MP is the daughter of Raja Dinesh Singh ji who was a Cabinet Minister in Indira Gandhi and Rajeev Gandhi Cabinet.”
This isn’t Digvijaya’s first major gaffe. In August 2016, he referred to Pakistan-Occupied-Kashmir as ‘India-Occupied-Kashmir’ when talking about Hizbul militant Burhan Wani..
Recently, Singh had urged party vice president Rahul Gandhi to decide fast on restructuring the All India Congress Committee. Singh's comments came in the wake of the party's poor performance in two of the five states assembly polls held recently— Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
"Rahul (Gandhi) has all the qualities to lead the Congress. But I have a complaint with him. He is not taking quick decisions on restructuring the AICC," he told reporters. "The Congress workers' eyes are set on him. He should take the decision on it (restructuring AICC) fast," added Singh.
"It is being said that some people stop Rahul from taking decisions. I say if he wants to take some harsh decision for restructuring AICC he should definitely go for it. If he (Rahul) wants to remove senior leaders from AICC, he should remove me first. But he should take the call," he added.
The former Madhya Pradesh chief minister said the Congress is the only political party capable of taking on the BJP. "If the Congress sets its house in order and touches the ground, the tide will turn in our favour," Singh added.
About the Congress failure to form government in Manipur and Goa, he said his party had emerged as the largest party in assembly polls in these states. Singh alleged that "the BJP with ample money bought the leaders and formed its government in both these states where the due procedure wasn't followed."
"The BJP's mascot of development plank stands unmasked with Yogi Adityanath becoming the Uttar Pradesh chief minister. Adityanath has been charged with fanning communal riots and committing serious crimes," he further alleged.
With inputs from PTI and ANI
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