Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath said Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s hug to Prime Minister Narendra Modi was a mere political stunt and he does not approve of such acts. Throwing a challenge, Yogi dared Rahul Gandhi to try and hug him.
“Rahul Gandhi will have to think 10 times before hugging me,” said Yogi.
On being asked if he would reciprocate the hug in case Rahul hugs him, Yogi said, “Such political stunts are not acceptable to me at any cost. Rahul Gandhi’s behaviour is childish and he does not have wisdom and decision making powers of his own. A sensible person will never do such things (hug).”
On Friday, during the no-confidence motion debate in Parliament, Rahul Gandhi, after completing his fiery speech against the Modi government, walked across the aisle towards the Treasury benches and ambushed PM Modi with a hug. The PM, confused at first, accepted Gandhi’s gesture and shook hands with him. Later, PM Modi termed the hug as “unwanted”.
The Congress on Sunday sounded the poll bugle for the 2019 general election as the newly constituted Congress Working Committee (CWC), in its first meeting, authorised party president Rahul Gandhi to decide on “alliances with like-minded parties” to stop the BJP from returning to power.
