Jaipur, December 1: With the debate between two national spokespersons of major parties contesting in the Assembly elections in Rajasthan gone awry, Twitteratis have taken over the social networking website and now #RahulChaprasi is trending.

The video of a debate between Bharatiya Janata Party national spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia and his Congress counterpart Ragini Nayak became viral, after the duo exchanged a war of words over comments on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress president Rahul Gandhi. In the debate show, which aired in India TV, Gaurav Bhatia called Rahul Gandhi as Chaprasi (peon), after Nayak allegedly called called PM Modi a ‘thief’. Telangana Assembly Elections 2018: Rahul Gandhi a 'Joker', Says KCR in Rebuttal to Congress Chief's 'Commission' Jibe

Due to the war of the words, exchanged between the two leaders, Nayak even called Bhatia that his father is a peon, while Bhatia kept calling Gandhi a ‘Chaprasi’. Soon after the controversial comments, Nayak made a walkover and the show was halted.

Now, with the video becoming viral and being shared by thousands of media supporters, let’s take a look at some of the Twitter reactions.

लगता है झूठ बोलना और victim card खेलना @gauravbh मोदीजी से सीख कर आए हैं.चुनौती देती हूं कि 1video clip दिखा दें जिसमें आपके पिताजी को मैंने ‘चोर’ कहा हो.अपनी परवरिश और @BJP4India की संस्कृति का परिचय आपने राहुल जी को ‘चपरासी’ कह कर दिया.Do unto others as u wud hv them do unto u! https://t.co/Hy1WQtP78X

A twitterati shared a video of senior advocate Ram Jethmalani in which he had allegedly said that he would not like to employ Rahul Gandhi even as Chaprasi in his office.

It is to be known that this is not the first time that Rahul Gandhi has been insulted at a public forum. Earlier too, BJP leaders have referred to Gandhi as 'Pappu'. On Friday, Telangana chief minister compared him with a joker. Considering the fact that Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself had referred Rahul Gandhi as 'Shehzada' (prince) at several electoral rallies, saffron party spokepersons making controversial comments against the Congress president is not new.

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