New Delhi: Actor Anupam Kher on Saturday taking a jibe at Congress chief Rahul Gandhi stated he’s ‘Na Ghar Ka Na Ghat Ka’ (a hindi idiom meaning ‘to have your ft in two boats’). In a Twitter publish, the veteran actor took an oblique jibe geared toward Rahul’s lecture at Cambridge University. He tweeted, “Father always used to say, no matter how much evil you do to your family members by staying at home, it will be fine! But, those who go out of the house and say bad things about the family members. They are neither of the house nor of the river bank!”. Gandhi, a visiting fellow of the Cambridge Judge Business School delivered the lecture ‘Learning to Listen within the twenty first Century’ on Tuesday night.
His assertion drew sharp reactions from the BJP, which accused him of maligning the nation’s picture on overseas soil after going through successive electoral setbacks.
पिताजी हमेशा कहते थे, ”घर रहकर तुम घर वालों की कितनी भी बुराई कर लो, चलेगा! लेकिन, जो लोग घर से बाहर जाकर घर वालों के बारे में भला बुरा कहते है। वो ना घर के होते है, न घाट के!”
— Anupam Kher (@AnupamPKher) March 4, 2023
The former Congress president listed 5 key points of the alleged assault on Indian democracy –Capture and management of media and judiciary; surveillance and intimidation; coercion by federal regulation enforcement companies; assaults on minorities, Dalits and tribals; and shutting down of dissent.
Gandhi referred to the controversial Pegasus snooping challenge and alleged that the Israeli adware was put in on the telephones of numerous politicians, together with him.
Rahul additionally heaped reward on China. One of the presentation slides as seen in his speech video shared by the Congress celebration, exhibits him referring to China as a ‘Force of Nature’ and ‘Aspiring Superpower’. The slide additionally mentions the Belt and Road Initiative which passes by way of Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir and is opposed by the Government of India.
Rahul Gandhi is on a week-long tour of the UK and is scheduled to carry some closed-door classes on Big Data Democracy and India-China relations at Cambridge University.