‘Insulting Indians favourite pastime’ of Rahul Gandhi, says Javadekar, calls him ‘superficial’

Amid a political slugfest over Rahul Gandhi’s “north-south” remark, Union minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday referred to as the opposition chief “superficial” and mentioned “insulting Indians” was Gandhi’s “favourite pastime”.
Javadekar additionally mentioned the Congress chief has been severely admonished on social media whereas his cabinet colleague Ravi Shankar Prasad asserted that the remarks have raised questions over the extent of duty proven by the previous chief of a nationwide celebration.
“Insulting Indians is a favourite pastime of Rahul Gandhi. Indians are not superficial you are Mr Rahul Gandhi,” Javadekar tweeted.

Insulting Indians is a favorite pastime of @RahulGandhi. Indians aren’t superficial you’re Mr. Rahul Gandhi. https://t.co/5ZIH326YVd
— Prakash Javadekar (@PrakashJavdekar) February 24, 2021
Later throughout a post-Cabinet media briefing, the data and broadcasting minister mentioned the BJP leaders have already reacted to that and “social media pe poori dhulayi hui hai” (he has been severely admonished on social media too).
Prasad mentioned, “I do not take political questions generally (during the post-Cabinet briefing), but this is one question on which I want to speak…Gandhi talks about fresh air when he goes to north-east and when he is in South India, he says the atmosphere in Kerala is different from the north”.

“Yours is a national party and you are differentiating the country’s atmosphere. This certainly raises a question about the level of your responsibility (as a national party leader),” the minister added.
Addressing a public gathering in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday, Gandhi had mentioned, “For the first 15 years, I was an MP in the north. I had got used to a different type of politics. For me, coming to Kerala was very refreshing as suddenly I found that people are interested in issues and not just superficially but going into detail in issues.”

The feedback triggered sharp reactions from a number of BJP leaders, together with some senior ministers, who instantly accused the Congress of being an “opportunist” and alleged that Gandhi belittled North Indians, regardless of him and his members of the family successful a number of elections from Amethi in Uttar Pradesh prior to now.

Reacting to the assault from BJP leaders, the Congress on Wednesday mentioned Gandhi had given a clarion name to the individuals to query the federal government on actual points and the north-south divide was a “toolkit” being offered by the BJP to the general public.
Congress’ chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala alleged that the BJP was elevating “superficial” points every day to divert the nation’s consideration from the individuals’s points.