India: Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi compares PM Modi to Biden over ‘memory loss’

India’s opposition leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday (Nov 16) took a dig at Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, comparing him to United States President Joe Biden over what he called “memory loss”. Gandhi, who is the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the lower house of the Indian Parliament, was speaking at an election rally in the poll-bound Western Indian state of Maharashtra.

Gandhi in his speech recalled how Joe Biden once introduced Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky as Russian President Vladimir Putin at an event.

“My sister told me that she had heard Modi Ji’s speech. And in that speech, whatever we say, Modi Ji is saying the same thing these days. I don’t know. Maybe he has lost his memory. The former President of America used to forget and he had to be reminded from behind. The President of Ukraine came and the President of America said that Russian President Putin had come. He had lost his memory. Similarly, our Prime Minister is losing his memory,” said Gandhi at the event.

Gandhi attacked Modi for accusing the Congress party of attacking the Constitution.

“For the past one year, I have been saying that the BJP has been attacking the Constitution in my speeches. But, PM Modi is saying that Congress is attacking the Constitution. He came to know that people were getting angry, and he is now saying that I am attacking the Constitution,” he said.

“I also told him in Lok Sabha that Congress and the INDIA bloc will abolish the 50 per cent reservation cap. I told him that you have lost your memory, but still he is saying that Rahul Gandhi is against reservation,” the 54-year-old Congress MP said.

He also targeted the 74-year-old prime minister over the issue of caste census.

“I told Modi Ji to do a caste census. The country should know how many Dalits, Adivasis and OBCs are there. In the next meeting, he will say I am against the caste census,” he further said.

Maharashtra is going to polls on November 20, with results slated to be out on November 23.

(With inputs from agencies)