Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s attempt to latch on to US President Donald Trump’s “dead economy” remark to attack the Narendra Modi government has backfired, with his party colleagues and allies taking an opposite stand. Mr Gandhi’s endorsement of Trump’s remarks also provided the BJP a political opportunity to counter the Opposition’s attacks.
While Mr Gandhi endorsed Trump’s remarks and used them to slam the Centre, his senior party colleagues Shashi Tharoor and Rajiv Shukla pointed to the strength of the Indian economy, with Mr Tharoor stressing that New Delhi must not cave in to Washington DC’s unreasonable demands. Priyanka Chaturvedi, a key opposition voice and Shiv Sena (UBT) MP, has also slammed Trump and said such a claim can “only come from a position of arrogance or ignorance”.
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