Rahul Gandhi Under Fire: Trivedi Cites Career, Election Setbacks

New Delhi, October 23: BJP spokesperson Dr. Sudhanshu Trivedi, who is also a Rajya Sabha MP, took aim at Rahul Gandhi during a press conference on Friday. He backed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent statement calling Gandhi a failed product of Indian politics.

Trivedi alleged that Gandhi meets suspicious people on his foreign trips and then returns to India to make statements against the country.

He said the Congress party is like a fish out of water when it is not in power. According to Trivedi, the party's core principles are looting during its time in government, dividing society and harbouring contempt for Indian religion and culture. He added that the Leader of the Opposition is driving these tendencies.

Trivedi said the situation is unfortunate, and perhaps even more so for the Congress than for the country. He claimed, citing sources, that Gandhi is wandering in Champa, the ancient name for Vietnam. In his view, Gandhi has become a puzzle both for the nation and for his own party.

He contrasted the records of the two leaders. Modi's track record, he said, is full of achievements, whereas Gandhi's record has brought only problems for the Congress. Trivedi argued that the party has put its own future in danger and has also placed the country's constitutional framework at stake.

Trivedi said he would produce facts and evidence to show that Gandhi is a failed product. He recalled that Gandhi had been admitted to St. Stephen's College in Delhi as a national-level archer and shooting athlete. However, Trivedi said Gandhi repeatedly missed his targets, and the country did not see any notable achievement from him in shooting. He described this as Gandhi's first failure.

Following family tradition, Trivedi said, Gandhi went to Britain for higher education. From 1996 to 1999, he worked for a British company called Monitor, which later shut down. He subsequently became a partner in another British company, Backops, and was its director from 2003 to 2009. That company also closed. Trivedi said that in this case, not only the product but also the companies linked to it were failing.