TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ The Congress party is facing red from the opposition after it allegedly ‘punished’ a senior party leader for calling party Vice President Rahul Gandhi as ‘pappu’ on a Whatsapp group.
46-year-old Gandhi, who has been known as a ‘youth icon’, is mockingly referred to as ‘Pappu’(young clueless boy) by senior Bharatiya Janta Party leaders such as Amit Shah at various occasions.
As per media reports, Congress leaders are refuting to the entire incidence and claim that “the Whatsapp messages being shared on the social media are morphed”.
Even Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju shared the clip of a news report and said, “Senior Congress leader punished for praising Rahul Gandhi! He thought Pappu is an appropriate word for Rahul Gandhi ji…”
Rahul on Tuesday announced on Twitter that he would be flying to Italy, where he would be staying for a few days to meet his grandmother.
