Congress Leader Calls Rahul Gandhi Pappu

Speaking in Sikandrabad near Delhi, Union Minister Mahesh Sharma called Congress president Rahul Gandhi "Pappu", a term BJP leaders and supporters often use to refer to him. Senior party leaders including its chief Amit Shah have mocked him by using the word.

BJP ally the Shiv Sena has declared that Rahul Gandhi, the Congress' 47-year-old number two is now capable of leading the country. Senior Sena leader Sanjay Raut also assessed that the "Modi wave has faded", and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis of the BJP has suggested that the party stop playing "the roles of a ruling party and an oppo...

The Congress leader who was suspended for referring to party vice-president Rahul Gandhi as "Pappu", has quit the party, saying he would launch a campaign soon for a "Pappu-mukt" (Pappu-free) India - an apparent take-off on the BJP slogan of "Congress-mukt Bharat" (Congress-free India).

Congress leader Vinay Pradhan, who was suspended as the party's Meerut District President for describing Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi as "Pappu" in a WhatsApp message, on Wednesday said he, along with other aggrieved Congress members, will soon launch a campaign to make India "Pappu-mukt" (free of Pappu).

A Congress leader in Uttar Pradesh has been penalized after he referred to party Vice President Rahul Gandhi as "Pappu" on a WhatsApp group that included party workers. Some BJP leaders including party president Amit Shah and other critics of Mr Gandhi, 46, refer to him disparagingly as "Pappu" (young boy) to suggest he is clueless, usually on soci...

Speaking in Sikandrabad near Delhi, Union Minister Mahesh Sharma called Congress president Rahul Gandhi "Pappu", a term BJP leaders and supporters often use to refer to him. Senior party leaders including its chief Amit Shah have mocked him by using the word.

BJP ally the Shiv Sena has declared that Rahul Gandhi, the Congress' 47-year-old number two is now capable of leading the country. Senior Sena leader Sanjay Raut also assessed that the "Modi wave has faded", and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis of the BJP has suggested that the party stop playing "the roles of a ruling party and an oppo...

The Congress leader who was suspended for referring to party vice-president Rahul Gandhi as "Pappu", has quit the party, saying he would launch a campaign soon for a "Pappu-mukt" (Pappu-free) India - an apparent take-off on the BJP slogan of "Congress-mukt Bharat" (Congress-free India).

Congress leader Vinay Pradhan, who was suspended as the party's Meerut District President for describing Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi as "Pappu" in a WhatsApp message, on Wednesday said he, along with other aggrieved Congress members, will soon launch a campaign to make India "Pappu-mukt" (free of Pappu).

A Congress leader in Uttar Pradesh has been penalized after he referred to party Vice President Rahul Gandhi as "Pappu" on a WhatsApp group that included party workers. Some BJP leaders including party president Amit Shah and other critics of Mr Gandhi, 46, refer to him disparagingly as "Pappu" (young boy) to suggest he is clueless, usually on soci...