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Sanjay Raut comes out in defence of Rahul Gandhi, calls Obama's remark 'Distasteful'

Defending Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Raut questioned the Obama’s knowledge about politics in India, adding that no foreign politician must make such remarks.

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A day after former US President Barak Obama's memoir ‘A Promised Land’ made headlines in India, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut has lashed out at him for his comments on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.

Defending Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Raut questioned the latter’s knowledge about politics in India, adding that no foreign politician must make such remarks.

According to a review of the book published in the New York Times, Obama, 'He has a nervous, unformed quality about him, as if he were a student who’d done the coursework and was eager to impress the teacher but deep down lacked either the aptitude or the passion to master the subject.'

The remarks caused a political row in India, with the Congress party defending its leader.

Stating that politicians in India won’t say ‘Trump is mad’, the Rajya Sabha MP said that the political discourse that followed Obama's statements was 'distasteful'.

'A foreign politician can't give such opinions on Indian political leaders; subsequent domestic political discourse on it is distasteful. We won't say 'Trump is mad'. How much does Obama know about this nation,' Raut said.

On the other hand, BJP took this opportunity to criticise the Gandhi scion, who as Congress President have seen a series of election defeats in the recent past.

Union Minister Giriraj Singh said, 'Nothing more to discuss on Rahul Gandhi's Intelligence when big figure like Obama has said it all. Rahul Gandhi should know now that the respect he was getting in India has turned global.'

Replying to such comments, Congress general secretary Randeep Surjewala said, 'May I humbly remind certain overzealous friends of the Media running a sponsored agenda that we don't comment on individual's views in a book. In the past, a Leader has been called 'psychopath' and 'master divider' by people and agencies. We didn’t acknowledge such comments.'

Tariq Anwar of the Congress said, 'Obama and Rahul Gandhi must have met briefly, probably 8-10 years back when he came here as US President. To assess someone in few meetings is tough. Rahul Gandhi's personality has changed since then, he has gained a lot of experience.'

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